I Was In The Machine. My Whole

I Wanted Readers To Be Genuinely Unsure As To Whether She's Telling The Truth Or Lying. It Meant Making Her Partly Sympathetic, And Partly Unsympathetic, Which Wasn't Easy.

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

I Don't Want To Put The World To Rights... I Just Don't Like People Who Put The World To Wrongs.

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.

It's Always Sad If Anybody You Know Has A Personal Problem.