I'm A Very Old-fashioned Novelist. I Write

Self-hatred Is Worse Than Loneliness.

The Desire To Never Leave Your Side, The Desire To Never See You Again. The Desire To See Your Face Asleep On The Pillow Beside My Face And To See Your Eyes Open In The Morning When I Lie Next To You—just Watching You, Waiting For You To Wake Up.

The Building Of The Architecture Of A Novel - The Craft Of It - Is Something I Never Tire Of.

Know The Story Before You Fall In Love With Your First Sentence. If You Don’t Know The Story Before You Begin The Story, What Kind Of A Storyteller Are You? Just An Ordinary Kind, Just A Mediocre Kind – Making It Up As You Go Along, Like A Common Liar.

O God — Please Give Him Back! I Shall Keep Asking You.