We Often Think That Tragedies Happen Because

I Read A Lot Of Detective Stories Because They Always Deliver. They Give You A Beginning, A Middle, And An End - A Resolution. The Modern Novels I Read Don't Always Deliver Because I'm Looking Essentially For A Story. As In Shakespeare, "the Play's The Thing." In Particular I Read Detective Stories For Pacing, Plot And Suspense.

I Have Lived A Thousand Lives Lost Within The Pages Of A Book.

I Have Always Had A Sense That We Are All Pretty Much Alone In Life, Particularly In Adolescence.

You Have To Accept The Critical Reviews If They Treat You With Respect. Actually, It's One Person's Opinion. So, It's A Concern But Not An Overriding One, And I Don't Stay Up Nights Worrying About Reviews. But There Are Certain People I Respect Who I Hope Will Like A Book.

I Can't Remember A Time When I Wasn't Trying To Get Something Down On Paper.