Writing Is The Only Place I Can

I Just Believe That Young People Need To Be Able To Learn How To Write In Their Own Voice. Just Like A Musician, You Pride Yourself On Having Your Own Distinct Sound.

I Like To Think Of What Happens To Characters In Good Novels And Stories As Knots--things Keep Knotting Up. And By The End Of The Story--readers See An Unknotting Of Sorts. Not What You Expect, Not The Easy Answers You Get On Tv, Not Wash And Wear Philosophies, But A Reproduction Of Believable, Emotional Experiences.

Good Parents Have Children Who Do Terrible Things And Vice-versa.

I Like Doing The Readings And The Autographing, But The Interviewing Gets A Little Tedious Because You Get Asked The Same Questions Every Day And Sometimes Three Or Four Times A Day.

I Try To Create Characters That I Am Fascinated By On Some Level Or Intrigued By Or Can't Stand.