After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.

We were revisionists; what we revised was ourselves.

Nugent's a little different -- he's a draft pick and I was a free agent. I felt like I had to go out and perform every single day and prove myself. You feel like you're always 20 minutes away from being fired.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.