Anytime You Write About Priests Or Cops,

You Can't Be A Jerk In Order To Be A Good Writer.

No One Should Have To Go Back To The Place Where She Had Once Been A Girl.

I'm Very Comfortable Writing.

I Craft Everything In The Beginning. I Know Where The Characters Are Going Before I Start Writing The Book.

Thank God Roxane Coss Had Not Fallen In Love With One Of The Russians. She Doubted They Could Make It Up The Stairs Without Stopping For A Cigarette And Telling At Least One Loud Story That No One Could Understand.