There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension doesn't come naturally to me, and if it does feel fast-paced that makes me incredibly happy.

I know books that are really good and writers that are really good and they have become oppressed and ground down from the rejection and they stop. Either they stop writing or they have these books in their drawers. I know that for a fact.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough support.

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.