There Are So Many Ways

Goon Squad' Took About Three Years To Write And That's The Short End. My Second Novel, 'look At Me,' Took Six Years.

I Haven't Had Writer's Block. I Think It's Because My Process Involves Writing Very Badly.

I'm Very Interested In The Way The Internet Has Changed Teenage Life. Obviously It's Very Different From When I Grew Up, When There Weren't Even Answering Machines, Much Less Computers. I Was Telling My Children This The Other Day, And The Little One Said, "did You Have Electricity, Mom?" And I Was Like Okay, Enough, Kid.

When Does A Fake Mohawk Become A Real Mohawk? Who Decides? How Do You Know If It's Happened?

Happened As I Listened: I Felt Pain. Not In My Head, Not In My Arm, Not In My Leg; Everywhere At Once. I Told Myself There Was No Difference Between Being “inside” And Being “outside,” That It All Came Down To X’s And O’s That Could Be Acquired In Any Number Of Different Ways, But The Pain Increased To A Point Where I Thought I Might Collapse, And I Limped Away.