Quote

I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into.

I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

I do my best to build a strong factual foundation for each of my novels and rely upon my author's notes to keep my conscience clear.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.