When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.

Can you believe the weather?'...'Actually, I CAN believe the weather. What I can't believe is that I'm actually having a conversation about the weather.

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

You bet your bindi that’s how big I want it.

This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.

I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and its a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I dont go running or hard hiking.

When I'm creatively solving problems, I'm in my sweet spot, and nothing can take me out of that joyful present.