Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

I like the idea of a place that is dealing with painful, messy, frightening, and very human events that is also so beautiful and ethereal.

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the emotional life of the character.

For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me.

I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.

I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.