Candy Is My Fuel. Ice Cream, Too.

Before I Write A Novel, Images Float Around In My Head That Work Like Icons - They Are Meaningless In Themselves, But Serve As Reminders.

Another Thing I Learned Is That Novels, Even Those From Apparently Distant Times And Places, Remain Current And Enlightening, And Also Comforting.

A Horse Herd Was, In Its Very Essence, The Manifestation Of The Expression 'it's Always Something.

Why Are We Reading A Shakespeare Play Or 'huckleberry Finn?' Well, Because These Works Are Great, But They Also Tell Us Something About The Times In Which They Were Created. Unfortunately, Previous Eras And Dead Authors Often Used Language Or Accepted As Normal Sentiments That We Now Find Unacceptable.

I Think That The Cold War Was An Exceptional And Unnecessary Piece Of Cruelty.