But I think writing should be a bit of a struggle. We're not writing things that are going to change the world in big ways. We're writing things that….

I think there's over-telling sometimes, in fiction. For instance, I'm a big fan of horror movies, but I could always lose the last third of them. The….

And I do pay a lot of attention to how things feel underneath my feet. It's a way of transporting yourself somewhere that you're trying to write abou….

I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person -….

I love putting two things next to each other that don't necessarily belong, because then there's sort of a third atmosphere, a third space that is cr….

I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for doing the thing you love, but the….

As long as the reader is enjoying a story and the writing, it doesn't concern me if people don't understand why it's running backward or if it's runn….

Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things 
to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just ….

It's an easier task to imagine someone's interior world when you feel quite distanced from them. In the same way that I find writing about Australia ….

I have quite a close relationship with violence and horror. They are enjoyable and terrible. I try and offset the horror with a sense of satisfaction….