I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I`m outside, writing, I`m also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.

Superhero movies and comic books teach a lesson that runs directly counter to the culture-of-violence idea: guns are for bad guys too cowardly to fight like men.

I write about rats because they scare the hell out of me. I think we tend to write out our phobias.

For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else.

Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum? Dad-a-cham? Ded-a-chek?

How to Draw a Picture (XII) Know when you're finished, and when you are, put your pencil or your paintbrush down. All the rest is only life.

A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.