The Arms Race Is A Race Between

Insects Are What Neurosis Would Sound Like, If Neurosis Could Make A Noise With Its Nose.

[on Stds] This Be Nature’s Way Of Recommending Monogamy.

You Can't Be Up The Reader's Ass, As Many A Writer I Think Is - Cute As Hell, Ingratiating As Hell. But That's Not Loving The Reader In The Right Way. That's Toadying To The Reader.

Often It Doesn't Occur To You What Kind Of Novel You're Writing Until Quite Late On.

One Thing You Can't Help Noticing In South America And In Latin Culture, Generally, Is How Nice People Are. Although When I Went Back To Spain - My Mother Lived In Spain And Both My Brothers Lived There - After The Uruguay Trip, I Thought, "oh Great, Hispanic People." But They Weren't Nearly As Nice As The Uruguayans. They're Quite Proud And Pissed Off, The Spaniards.