I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.

I promised to tell you how one falls in love.

For echo is the soul of the voice exciting itself in hollow places.

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.

... the desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumour of wells. In the palace of winds.

What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.

I kind of was shoveled onto a boat at 11 and went to England. I didn't have any parent watching over me. It was very free and may have been a bit of a scary time for me, but I really don't remember much about the voyage apart from playing ping-pong a lot with a couple friends.