Clichés So Often Befall Vain People.

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

While I Would Agree That I Write About Serious Subjects, And That They're Not Necessarily The Most Pleasant Subjects Or Even The Most Pleasant People, As A Writer I Just Think About The Humorous Aspects Of These Things - That's What Keeps Me Going When I'm Writing A Story.

I Like A Lot Of Margaret Atwood, I Like Much Of Alice Munro. Again, If You Were To Ask Me About Male Writers, There's Often A Novel I Admire, But Not All Of Their Works.

I Think That I'm Serious, But I Don't Think That I'm Inordinately Bleak.

You Put A Character Out There And You're In Their Power. You're In Trouble If They're In Yours.