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I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent, and you feel those people filling your life.

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work.

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

Prose talks and poetry sings.