It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.'

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I feel I've always been writing about self-identity. How do we become who we are? So I'm just writing from experience what's concerned me.