I've been writing forever, 20 years.

I'm really suspicious of anybody who comes in and says, this is your identity now, or this is your belief system, and now that you have this, everything's going to be great.

My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

I start with fear. It comes in so many forms. When I write, some of the fear goes away. So I write into the fear, and even more dissipates. I want to be scared while writing. I want to bring it to the surface so I can banish it.

My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.