The desires of the heart...are as crooked as a corkscrew.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid.

It's all about letting the story take over.

I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first rewrite, but some chapters I can't get quite right the third time. There are some I go over and over and over again.

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.