I've never really understood that whole thing of writers avoiding other writers' novels while they're working on their own.

I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.

Statistically, you don't have much chance of becoming president if you're not tall and fairly handsome or at least conventional-looking.

I hate going back over what I've written. It makes me feel physically sick.

I never really have blank page syndrome. I don't get blocked. I have a plan for my novel before I start which, although incomplete, probably contains enough material for several novels by a quieter kind of writer. And I try to get my arms around that material and see where it takes me.

I would love to learn how to air kiss non-awkwardly.

I guess the main thing I definitely don't enjoy is having a job which involves selling things. You become an author because you think you're good at writing. Not because you love to promote yourself. I enjoy some of it and I've had a really fun few years so basically I have nothing to complain about. But what I don't like is the thought that it's going to go on for the rest of my life.