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I Like Beryl Bainbridge A Great Deal, And She Is A Writer Who Absolutely Demands To Be Read A Second, Third, And Fourth Time. I Admire Her Great Courage In Leaving So Much Unsaid And Asking The Reader To Really Engage Her Brain.

You Know How If You're Born In A Certain Situation You Always Expect Your Life To Run On A Steady Trajectory? I've Never Really Had A Sense Of That. I Assume That Life Is Going To Go Up And Down.

I Always Try To Create Conflict And Drama In My Books; It's The Engine Of The Novel.

I Get Really Excited If I Think I'm Going To Introduce Somebody To A Writer They Haven't Found Before And I Think They'll Love. My Favorite Books To Get As Gifts Are Any That The Giver Is Messianic About.

I Don't Want To Get Hung Up On What 'people,' That Nebulous Mass, Think About Me. That's The Way To Unhappiness, I Think.