The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.

I write because I love doing it.

Sex offers incredible narrative opportunities and so many emotions are tied up in sex. Also, I mean, the erotic is always a fun creative space.

Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things.

The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth.

My dad is a workaholic so I take after him in this respect.

If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.