We're All Seeking Order. We're All Seeking

I Think There's A General Misconception That Anything Written Quickly Lacks Quality, And I Don't Believe That.

I Don't Think Anyone Will Believe Me, But I've Never Been Pressured By A Publisher To Churn Out A Book.

I've Been Able To Write At Least One Book A Year For 20 Years, And I Don't Think I Would've Had That Kind Of Drive If I Hadn't Come Out Of The Journalism Business.

That's The Irony In The Work: The Best Stories Are The Worst Things That Happen. My Best Times Were Somebody Else's Worst.

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.