There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

The truth of the story lies in the details.

I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it up because sometimes it's almost illegible, and if I wait, I might not be able to read it the next day.

Fiction creating reality.

When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound.

I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It's not natural to make art.

Stories happen only to those who are able to tell them, someone once said. In the same way, perhaps, experiences present themselves only to those who are able to have them.