I Believe That, Like Most Writers, My

It's Not Just That Toil Allows The Appearance Of Spontaneity. It Allows The Actuality Of Spontaneity.

The Most Terrifying Thing I Can Think Of Is Being Alone - And I Mean Utterly Alone, Like No One Else In The World Alone - At Night. That's The Nucleus Of The First Story In My Collection And It's Also Where The Title Came From For The Book.

Because I'm Such A Creative Person, And I've Always Got My Nose In A Book, I Suppose It Was Only A Matter Of Time Before Non-fiction Turned Into Fiction Again. But I Never Consciously Set Out To Become A Writer And I Never Thought I'd Be Doing The Things I'm Doing Today.

Photos Represent Primarily A Seductive But Deleterious Short Cut.

As For Goals, I Don't Set Myself Those Anymore. I'm Not One Of These 'i Must Have Achieved This And That By Next Year' Kind Of Writers. I Take Things As They Come And Find That Patience And Persistence Tend To Win Out In The End.