Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

I have a lot of rage about things that didn't happen to me, tied up with watching an immigrant, working-class father struggle to make his way through the world - and seeing how society was modeled to keep him in his place.

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.