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I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.

I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.

I have said to my agents, 'I want to work. I want to play character roles.'

My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me.

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.

I identify as an agent when I'm agenting, and I identify as an author when I'm writing. I expect both those things to be true for as long as I'm able to do them.

I always tell people this when they're looking for an agent - they should love your work. You are entitled to work with someone who believes in you. Why do business with someone who is ambivalent about you and your art?

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.