What Some People Interpret As Brooding Melancholy

Writers Shouldn’t Underestimate The Difficulty Of What They’re Doing, And They Should Treat It With Great Seriousness. You’re Doing Something That Really Matters, You’re Telling Stories That Have An Impact On Other People And On The Culture. You Should Tell The Best Stories You Can Possibly Tell And Put Everything You’ve Got Into It.

Even Though I May Not Intend It When I Set Out To Write The Book, These Places Just Emerge As Major Players In What I'm Doing, Almost As If They Are Insisting On It.

My Father Is A Practicing Criminal Law Attorney In The Seattle Area.

When I Went To College I Took A Creative Writing Class And Decided In A Week To Be A Writer.

Post-modernism Is Dead Because It Didn't Address Human Needs.