You Are Attempting To Be Logical, I

The Touch Of Evil Poisons By The Idea Of It. Reject The Idea, And You've Rejected The Evil

As I Have Said, You Have No Reason To Trust Me, And An Excellent Reason Not To.

The Story Is Always Better Than Your Ability To Write It. My Belief About This Is That If You Ever Get To The Point That You Think You've Done A Story Justice, You're In The Wrong Business.

Sometimes It Is Better Not To Know. Sometimes When You Do Know You Just Fold Up.

When You Write Your First Novel You Don't Really Know What You're Doing. There May Be Writers Out There Who Are Brilliant, Incisive And In Control From Their First 'once Upon A Time'. I'm Not One Of Them. Every Once Upon A Time For Me Is Another Experience Of White-water Rafting In A Leaky Inner Tube. And I Have This Theory That While The Story Council Has Its Faults, It Does Have Some Idea That If Books Are Going To Get Written, Authors Have To Be Able To Write Them.