I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.

Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish too many of the results.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Delete nothing. Move nothing. Change nothing. Learn everything.

The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.

Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.