A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.

I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

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

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers.