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I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

Unlike a typical professional, I can't quit my job to become a full-time author; I don't have that luxury. For me, writing is therapy; if I choose to write full-time, it might start feeling like work.

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.