I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

Different people work different ways.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.