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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.

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Some deeper part of me wants to write comical dialogue; I'd be foolish to not follow that impulse. Now I recognize that if there's energy to a section of work, you go where the energy is. It's a living thing, and you just follow it.

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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.

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When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.

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One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might be useful, or at least entertaining, to somebody else.

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All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - constantly doubting ourselves, worrying, wondering if we've made a mistake. Could we have done better? Are we good people? Are we bad people?

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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.

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The theme of luck comes up a lot. It's something I thought about before, why some people are lucky and some people aren't lucky. It seems like some people you meet can sort of cultivate luck, and I've always been fascinated by that.

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It's healthy to have interests besides books.

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The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of my work, and I don't have to go anywhere to do it.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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