I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.
I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].
All life's a risk, that's what makes it interesting.
In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie.
Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.
Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope of understanding the universe. Some things are unknowable.