It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.

I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

Your eyes tell me everything about you.
Your words only confirm it.