What Sustains Me Is To Be With

Fiction Is Socially Meaningful.

The Best Advice On Writing I've Ever Received Is To Take It Seriously, Because To Do It Well Is All-consuming.

Cities Produce In Me Melancholy Or A Tension I Don't Need.

I Write Because Something Inner And Unconscious Forces Me To. That Is The First Compulsion. The Second Is One Of Ethical And Moral Duty. I Feel Responsible To Tell Stories That Inspire Readers To Consider More Deeply Who They Are.

I Often Heard About His Cases And I Often Sat In On His Trials. In The Late 1960s When I Was Growing Up I Wanted To Be A Crusader Like Him But I Didn't Want To Wear A Suit And Commute.