I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books.

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.