I Am Drawn To Any Story That

Isolation Offered Its Own Form Of Companionship

I Would Not Send A First Story Anywhere. I Would Give Myself Time To Write A Number Of Stories.

It Is A Magical Thing For A Handful Of Words, Artfully Arranged, To Stop Time. To Conjure A Place, A Person, A Situation, In All Its Specificity And Dimensions. To Affect Us And Alter Us, As Profoundly As Real People And Things Do.

Being A Writer Means Taking The Leap From Listening To Saying 'listen To Me'.

A Bicultural Upbringing Is A Rich But Imperfect Thing