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The process of writing a book has given me a whole new reverence for writers. Mechanically, it is a brutal process; emotionally, it's incredibly healing.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

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.

Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.

I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance.

People say it's cathartic to write a book, but it turned out to be quite painful!

I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.

The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.