I Learn Things Late-and Only The Hard

My Mother And I Will Continue On Some Level That I Havent Determined Yet. I Think My Mothers A Great Character, And I Have To Say That Giving My Mother To The World Has To Be The Biggest Thrill Of My Writing Career.

I Begin By Assembling Notes On Characters. Large Swaths Of The Plot Become Clear To Me As I Do This.

It's All Sex For Me. Politics Is Sex. Race Is Sex. It's The Novel. It's The Novel!

You're Grounded!!!! You Can't Go Out And Prowl The L.a. Streets. You've Got To Do Something More Edifying, Emboldening And Altogether More Groovy. You Gots To Stay Home Tonite And Read A Good Book!!!!!!!!!!

You Get Up In The Morning Because You Might Meet A Woman. And If You Stay At Home By Yourself, Alone, You Will Not Meet A Woman.