If You Woke Up Each Morning, And

I Am Not A Member Of Fat Liberation, Nor Do I Think That Obesity Is Healthy. But I Do Believe That In Many Ways My Life Has Been A More Charmed And Happy One Because I Was Always Large.

My Memory Of My Home Was That It Was Very Happy, And That There Was More Fun And Life There Than There Was Anywhere Else.

In My Stories, Whenever There's Somebody Wonderful And Charming And Bright And Intelligent, That's Me!

I Never Wanted To Write. I Just Wrote Letters Home From A Kibbutz In Israel To Reassure My Parents That I Was Still Alive And Well Fed And Having A Great Time. They Thought These Letters Were Brilliant And Sent Them To A Newspaper. So I Became A Writer By Accident.

Always Write As If You Are Talking To Someone. It Works. Don't Put On Any Fancy Phrases Or Accents Or Things You Wouldn't Say In Real Life.