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Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book.

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

There are so many different things out there trying to hook our attention, we writers have to be very selective and make certain that it is coming from inside out, not outside in.

There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.

I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.