A Novel Is Written Not To Be

I Work At The Sentences. Many Of The Things People Find Distinctive About My Writing, I Think Of As Natural.

Nothing Had Happened Yet In My Life Except The Need To Get Out Of It.

Sometimes I Will Spend Two Or Three Days Not Speaking To Anyone Outside Of The Immediate Family When They Come Home, And Then I Find That I've Been Emailing Like Fury. Once You Give In To That Silence, It's Quite Nice.

I Became A Full-time Writer In 1993 And Have Been Very Happy, Insofar As Anybody Is, Since.

One Of The Reasons I Write Is I Like Being Surprised