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To me, letters have always been a robust medium of sublimation. I don't remember what I was like before I learned my ABC's, but for as long as I can remember I have made them with my fingers and felt them in my bones.

You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool.

Further, I'm obsessed with how language contorts and creates bodies.

The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine.

Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.

When I'm working on my characters, that's something I pay a lot of attention to: how their body works, how they move, how they articulate.

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

Body language is more fascinating to me than actual language.