A Screenwriter Heard Me Read From My

I Don't Really Distinguish Between Sympathy And Honesty When I'm Writing. The Two Go Together - I'm Interested In Inhabiting My Characters, Seeing The World Through Their Eyes.

I Did A Lot Of Reading Of The Bible And Became Fascinated With The Idea Of The Rapture. It's Pretty Wild. I Hadn't Heard Of It Until I Was In College.

I No Longer Believe That Just About Everything Is Funny, If Viewed From The Proper Angle.

He'd Never Had To Make The Adjustments And Compromises Other People Accepted Early In Their Romantic Careers; Never Had A Chance To Learn The Lesson That Sarah Taught Him Everyday--that Beauty Was Only A Part Of It, And Not Even The Most Important Part, That There Were Transactions Between People That Occurred On Some Mysterious Level Beneath The Skin, Or Maybe Even Beyond The Body.

I Was Writing Very Early, Like I Was Involved In Our High School Literary Magazine, Which Was Called 'pariah.' The Football Team Was The Bears, And The Literary Magazine Was 'pariah.' It Was Great. It Was Definitely A Real Sub-culture. But I Wrote Stories For Them.