A Peasant That Reads Is A Prince

Susan Straight Finds La's Secret Heart In Between Heaven And Here And With A Sleight Of Hand Only The Masters Have, She Creates An Alley, A Neighborhood, A History That Is As Rich And Tragic As Any Shakespearean Tale.

The Process Of Writing A Novel Is Like Taking A Journey By Boat. You Have To Continually Set Yourself On Course. If You Get Distracted Or Allow Yourself To Drift, You Will Never Make It To The Destination. It's Not Like Highly Defined Train Tracks Or A Highway; This Is A Path That You Are Creating Discovering. The Journey Is Your Narrative. Keep To It And There Will Be A Tale Told.

Hbo And I Have A Deal To At Least Try To Make A Television Series From The Leonid Mcgill Stories. We're Going To Start With The First Novel, 'the Long Fall'.

Better To Listen To The Gospel Than To A Mortal Leader.

I Think That People Don't Know How To Do Anything Anymore. My Father Was A Janitor. He Could Take A Car Apart And Put It Back Together. He Could Build A House In The Back Yard. Today, If You Ask People What They Know, They Say, 'i Know How To Hire Someone.'