Because I Don’t Work With An Outline,

There Is Some Reason, Obviously, That You Are Drawn To Your Material, But The Way In Which You Explore It Might Come To Be Quite Different From What You Would Expect.

When I Lived In New York, Not Only Did I Have Safety Locks On The Door But I Had The Music Going, Keeping The City At A Distance, Trying To Find Creative Time And Peace And So Forth.

It's Interesting, Though, That In Daily Life, I Think Of Myself As Being Relatively Unobservant.

I Don't Even Correct People When They Mispronounce My Name Now.

It's Often Been Said That I'm An Extremely Depressing, Cynical Writer. I've Never Known What To Make Of That.