My Parents Were Horrified When I Told

Keep Out Of This," Lucian Said. "i'm Not Smiting Anybody." "you're Showing Mercy." Catch-a-tick Nodded. "that's Heroic, Too. But Not As Good As Smiting.

I Can't Single Out One Of My Books Or Characters As A Favorite. In The Same Way That I Don't Have A Favorite Kidney, My Books Are Organically All Part Of Myself. I Might Even Say That Put All Together, The Books Are One Ongoing, Developing Story - Which, Not Coincidentally, Happens To Be My Own Lifestory.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, And So Many Others Were My Dearest Friends And Greatest Teachers.

If A Storyteller Worried About The Facts - My Dear Lucian, How Could He Ever Get At The Truth?

Most Of My Books Have Been Written In The Form Of Fantasy.