He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do tend to have a fair amount of dialogue. And I do tend to use stories that don't sprawl all over the place, that have a very sharp focus in terms of how they unfold in time.

I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

I was an English major in college, I went to a creative-writing program, and all my life, I really read and thought about fiction as a craft and an art form. I feel like I know a lot about it, and can trust my instincts.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.