We keep wanting to save those who are forlorn in this world. It’s a male habit.

she had a laugh that hinted it had rolled around once or twice in the mud.

As someone who writes novels that are often set in other periods of time or other ages or other landscapes, there's a certain element of research I have to do, and often, the more laconic people are, the more interesting they become.

Kirpal's left hand swoops down and catches the dropped fork an inch from the floor and gently passes it into the fingers of his daughter, a wrinkle at the edge of his eyes behind his spectacles.

A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.

I am not in love with him, I am in love with ghosts. So is he, he's in love with ghosts.

Sleep is a prison for a boy who has friends to meet.