...if You Can Accept The Truth And

I Always Wanted To Write A Book About La, A Big Ambitious Book. Nobody Had Ever Really Done It With La- Treating The City Seriously As A Major Economic And Cultural Power, As The Embodiment Of 21st Century America.

Part Of Me Still Loves. More Of Me Doesn't.

When I Was A Little Boy, Marvin Hagler Was My Idol. He Got No Respect For Most Of His Career. His Fighting Style Was Straight Ahead. He Took Every Shot Thrown At Him, And He Kept Punching Back 'til He Won. I Honestly Feel That's How I Am. I Take Big Shots From People. But I Keep Going.

The Promise Of Eternal Life Makes People Forsake The Life They're Given.

I Just Started Trying To Figure Out How To Write [something] Which Was Unlike Anything Anybody Had Ever Seen, And Once I Felt Like I Had Figured That Out I Tried To Figure Out What Kind Of Book I Could Write That Would Be Unlike Anything Anybody Had Ever Seen. When I Started Writing A Million Little Pieces I Felt Like It Was The Right Story With The Style I Had Been Looking For, And I Just Kept Going.