I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

I don't think you can create effectively toward expectation. I'm not in the service business.

I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.

It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer.

As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.

The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.