Life Is Like A Prism. What You

Without Sounding Pompous, I Really Do Feel That I Have A Set Of Standards That I Must Adhere To, Even Leaving Aside Considerations Of What The Readers Expect.

I Don't Practice, But I Am Still Officially In Paediatrics. I Keep In Touch With Journals, And I Have A Very Good Data Bank Of Medical Information And There Is A Key Thing For A Writer Knowing Where To Go. I Know Where To Go To Get The Information That I Need.

I Spent The First Few Years Of My Life In A Smallish Community In Queens. Back In Those Early Days, Kids Could Roam The Streets With Relatively Little Supervision And One Place I Visited Frequently Was The Local Library. This Particular Branch Was Little More Than A Storefront But To Me It Was An Alternative Universe Where I Could Explore My Interests And Receive Kind, Informative Answers To My Questions From The Wonderful Librarians.

The Stress Of Grad School Can Drive Anyone Temporarily Mad.

Whatever Fame A Novelist My Attain, It's Always Kind Of An Anonymous One. I Can Go Anywhere, And No One Knows Who I Am.