A Lot Of Times, You Just Don't

I Began To Write Fiction On The Assumption That The True Enemies Of The Novel Were Plot, Character, Setting And Theme, And Having Once Abandoned These Familiar Ways Of Thinking About Fiction, Totality Of Vision Or Structure Was Really All That Remained.

You Never Really Forget Who You Are. If You Did, You'd Need To Seek Some Professional Help

Certainly I've Had The Experience Of Thinking A Person Was One Thing, And Finding Out They Were Another.

It Seems Like Every Year Hollywood Makes An Attempt To Retell The Manson Story, And I Just Couldn't Be Less Interested In It. It's Not Really Our Crowning Achievement As A Civilisation. I'm Not Saying It Shouldn't Be Done, But It Just Bores Me.

When We Lived In Juneau, Alaska, It Was A Town Of About 7,000 People, And Totally Isolated; The Only Way To Get To It Was By Ship.