Everyone Deserves To Be The Hero Of

We Read To Know That We Are Not Alone.

Madly, Futilely, I Wrote Novel After Novel, Eight In All, That Failed To Find A Publisher. I Persisted Because For Me The Novel Was The Supreme Literary Form: Not Just One Among Many, Not A Relic Of The Past, But The Way We Communicate To One Another The Subtlest Truths About This Business Of Living.

There Are Dozens Of Great American Writers Who Write About The Family.

Why Should I Be Honored? Don't I Have Enough Attention, Comfort And Power Already?

There Is This Notion That The Lives Of The Comfortable-off Middle Class Don't Merit Being Treated Seriously And With Compassion.