This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world.

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that.

Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases.

Everything interests me.

I like to travel and connect.

All the different ways we know the world all come from the brain, and they all depend on each other to make sense.

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.