Novelists Never Have To Footnote.

The Main Thing About The Novel That Is Totally Fascinating: It's Not Possessed By The Writer; It's Possessed By The Reader.

Respect And Fear Are Two Different Things.

You Know What Getting Married Is? It's Agreeing To Taking This Person Who Right Now Is At The Top Of His Form, Full Of Hopes And Ideas, Feeling Good, Looking Good, Wildly Interested In You Because You're The Same Way, And Sticking By Him While He Slowly Disintegrates. And He Does The Same For You. You're His Responsibility Now And He's Yours. If No One Else Will Take Care Of Him, You Will. If Everyone Else Rejects You, He Won't. What Do You Think Love Is? Going To Bed All The Time?

In My Experience, There Is Only One Motivation, And That Is Desire. No Reasons Or Principle Contain It Or Stand Against It.

My Characters Never Die Screaming In Rage. They Attempt To Pull Themselves Back Together And Go On. And That's Basically A Conservative View Of Life.