A Twenty-one-year-old Writer Is Likely To Be

This Is How The Entire Course Of A Life Can Be Changed - By Doing Nothing.

Writing A Novel Resembles A Journey With Only The Sketchiest Of Maps.

...the World She Ran Through Loved Her And Would Give Her What She Wanted And Would Let It Happen.

I Think The Americans Are Dying To Leave Iraq. I Was Against The War But Longed For The Fall Of Saddam; The Decision To Go To War Clearly Was Taken Long Before The Matter Reached The U.n., Given Its Inevitability. I Kept My Fingers Crossed For The Emergence Of Democracy In Iraq Even If That Would Mean Victory For A Man Whose Politics I Have Little Sympathy With.

Oblivion Seemed The Only Reasonable Option.