I Was Behaving, Just Like I Promised,

Sometimes You Need To Give People Something That's For Them, Not Just Something That Makes You Feel Good Giving It.

A Novel Is Not Born Of A Single Idea. The Stories I've Tried To Write From One Idea, No Matter How Terrific An Idea, Have Sputtered Out And Died By Chapter Three. For Me, Novels Have Invariably Come From A Complex Of Ideas That In The Beginning Seemed To Bear No Relation To Each Other, But In The Unconscious Began Mysteriously To Merge And Grow. Ideas For A Novel Are Like The Strong Guy Lines Of A Spider Web. Without Them The Silken Web Cannot Be Spun.

More Than Fifty Years Ago Sputnik Dramatically Raised The Nation's Awareness Of What Was Lacking In Science And Math Education In America. What We Need To Wake People Up To Now Is The Crisis In Imagination And Concern For The Greater Good.

It's Such A Thrill When An Adult Comes Up To Me And Says, 'i Read Your Book As A Child And Really Loved It.' That's A Tremendous Compliment.

Many People Are Angry When They Make A Mistake, But Very Few People Have The Sense To Be Sorry.