All Of Us Write Wish Fulfillment.

I Always Wanted To Be In The World Of Entertainment. I Just Love The Idea Of An Audience Being Happy With What I Am Doing. Writing Is Showbusiness For Shy People. That's How I See It.

Many Years From Now When Your Children Ask What New York City Was Like Just After 9/11, This Will Be The Book You Give Them In Response. It's An Exquisite Novel Full Of Heart, Soul, Passion And Intelligence, And It's The One This Great New York Author Was Born To Write.

I Don't Want To Put The World To Rights... I Just Don't Like People Who Put The World To Wrongs.

I'd Never Believed In Luck. Never Had Any Cause To. Never Relied On It, Because I Never Could.

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.