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But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan.

I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.

When I start writing a novel, I have no sense of direction, no idea, really nothing.

But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer.

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

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.