Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.

Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.

Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.

I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.

Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.

I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.