Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.

Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.

Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.

I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.

Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.