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Fiction novels, that's my game.

My novels are all ideas.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince ourselves that reading fiction is as important to our mental digestion as fresh fruits and vegetables are to the processes that take place a little further down.

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

Every author has to eventually write a food book.

My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.