I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.

I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk. I can't work for extended periods when I'm beginning something. But if I'm at the end of something, I can work on for hours and hours and hours.

I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.

One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.

I would like to never ever think about any political issues.