When people tell me they've always wanted to write a novel, I'm like, "Awesome...you should do that."

There are lots of writers who, very famously, get all doom and gloom about the whole proceeding and do their best to discourage people who want to write. They're like, "Oh, if you can do anything other than this, then you should!"

I am not like that. When people tell me they have an idea for a novel or that they've always meant to write one or that they'…