I Don't See Why Escapist Literature Shouldn't

I Don't Think Writers Choose The Genre, The Genre Chooses Us. I Wrote Out Of The Wish To Create Order Out Of Disorder, The Liking Of A Pattern.

Crime Fiction Confirms Our Belief, Despite Some Evidence To The Contrary, That We Live In A Rational, Comprehensible, And Moral Universe.

If This Were Fiction, Could Even The Most Brilliant Novelist Contrive To Make Credible So Short A Period In Which Pride Had Been Subdued And Prejudice Overcome?

Of All The Things That Human Beings Did Together, The Sexual Act Was The One With The Most Various Of Reasons.

Can We Ever Break Free Of The Devices And Desires Of Our Own Hearts? Might Not Our Conscience Be Telling Us What We Most Want To Hear?