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There's always a bit of fiction in everything that I write.

The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.

At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction.

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.

It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling world should include many different elements of life and culture. For this reason, my books will almost always contain people of faith.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections.

One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.

Personally, I read fiction, in part, because I get to spend time with people who aren't my people.

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.