I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write.

Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write.

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins...

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins...

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of...

Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of...

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.

As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray...

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray...

The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond...

The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond...

When I was a kid... I needed to belong.

When I was a kid... I needed to belong.