I Think The Only Boundaries Are Individual

I View People Two Ways. They're Either Eye-for-an-eye People Or They Are Turn-the-cheek People.

As A Reporter, You Develop An Ear For Dialogue Because It's Your Job To Capture It Accurately.

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.

Maybe It Has Something To Do With Being A Reporter For A Long Time That I Don't Look To Newspapers And Television And So Forth For Inspiration Most Of The Time.

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