What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

My grandfather and I were very close.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

When men die, they die in fear", he said. "They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living - in hope. They don't know what's happening, so they expect nothing, they don't ask you to hold their hand - but you end up needing them to hold yours. With children, you're on your own. Do you understand?