I've Always Written About Animals. I'm Still

You Never Know What's Going To Happen In Your Life, And You Never Know What's Going To Happen In Someone Else's Life Either.

Come On, Is Your Heart A Sponge Or A Fist?

What Inspires Me Most To Write Is The Act Of Traveling.

When I Was Eight Years Old, I Wrote A Paragraph-long Short Story About A Goat On My Mother's Hundred-pound, Black-and-white-screen Laptop. The Story Came About Largely Because I Liked The Way The Word 'goat' Looked On The Page, But I Decided Then And There That I Wanted To Be A Writer. That Desire Never Changed.

Wash The Bones, Bring The Body, Leave The Heart Behind.