I Always Had A Fascination With Twins.

No Matter When You Were Born Or Where, Puberty Is The Same. It's The Same For Your Parents As It Is For You - What's Happening In Your Body Dictates Everything.

Ella's Supersonic Voice Followed Her All The Way To Bleecker Street And Then Dissolved Amid The Noisy Profusion Of Shops, Cafes, And Restaurants And The Crush Of People That Made The West Village Of Manhattan Unique In The World. In A Single Block You Could Buy Fertility Statues From Tanzania, Rare Amazonian Orchids, A Pawned Brass Tuba, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Or The Best, Most Expensive Cup Of Coffee You Ever Tasted. It Was The Doughnuts, Incidentally, That Attracted Gaia.

Life's One Great Lesson Was: Do Not Care. Not Caring Was A Person's Real Protection.

I Don't Do Rewrites. I Put All The Pages In A Pile Next To The Typewriter.

Humiliation, By The Way, Is A Truly Terrible Emotion. It's At The Bottom Of The Pile.