An Urban Novelist Never Minds A Little

A Child Who Is Protected From All Controversial Ideas Is As Vulnerable As A Child Who Is Protected From Every Germ. The Infection, When It Comes- And It Will Come- May Overwhelm The System, Be It The Immune System Or The Belief System.

If There's Anything Trollope Novels Always Take Seriously, It Is Money - How It Flows From One Character To Another, How It Is Managed, Who Has It, Who Deserves It, And What It Means To A Character, Male Or Female.

Writing Novels Is An Essentially Amateur Activity.

Your Sons Weren't Made To Like You. That's What Grandchildren Are For.

The Fact Is That The Same Sequence Of Days Can Arrange Themselves Into A Number Of Different Stories.