Never Underestimate The Meanness In People's Souls...

Writing Is Hard, But The More You Write, And Enjoy What You Write, The Better It Gets.

You Cannot Let Your Parents Anywhere Near Your Real Humiliations.

There's A Kind Of Tension That If I'm Getting A Story Right I Can Feel Right Away, And I Don't Feel That When I Try To Write A Novel. I Kind Of Want A Moment That's Explosive, And I Want Everything Gathered Into That.

Love Removes The World For You, And Just As Surely When It's Going Well As When It's Going Badly.

Anecdotes Don't Make Good Stories. Generally I Dig Down Underneath Them So Far That The Story That Finally Comes Out Is Not What People Thought Their Anecdotes Were About.