Your Fear Of Letting Go Prevents You

In Southeast Asia The World Is Understood To Be A Vast, Complex Network Of Interdependent Relationships. So When Global Capitalism Makes It Impossible For Small-time Rice Farmers To Feed Their Families And Make A Living, It Is A Natural Thing For Anyone In The Family Who Can Find An Alternative Source Of Income To Do So.

I Don't Want Enlightenment, I Want Him. Sorry Buddha, I Loved Him More Than You.

The Great Weakness Of The West Is That It Has Nothing With Which To Inspire Loyalty Except Wealth. But What Is Wealth? Another Washing Machine, A Bigger Car, A Nicer House To Live In? Not Much To Feed The Spirit In All That.

I Think It Is Immensely Difficult To Get The U.s. Interested In Non-u.s. Topics. I Dont Think This Is Because The Average American Reader Is Disinterested, But More Because Of Publishers Playing It Safe: If A Thriller Based In L.a. Is A Sure Winner, Why Spend Money Plugging One Based In Paris - Or Bangkok?

Shun Security, I Advise Aspiring Novelists When They Complain To Me That They Are Stuck. Get Disoriented. Maybe Your Agonizing Writing Block Isnt Agonizing Enough. Your Enemy Is Comfort.