Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading.
I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.
I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly.
It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.
Maybe all teenagers feel like they don't fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian.
There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle structure.
When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.
Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.