Every Year, When You're A Child, You

There's A Kind Of Tension That If I'm Getting A Story Right I Can Feel Right Away, And I Don't Feel That When I Try To Write A Novel. I Kind Of Want A Moment That's Explosive, And I Want Everything Gathered Into That.

He Never Wanted To Be Away From Her. She Had The Spark Of Life.

You Cannot Let Your Parents Anywhere Near Your Real Humiliations.

I Have Never Kept Diaries. I Just Remember A Lot And Am More Self-centered Than Most People.

I Don't Always, Or Even Usually, Read Stories From Beginning To End. I Start Anywhere And Proceed In Either Direction. A Story Is Not Like A Road To Follow, It's More Like A House. You Go Inside And Stay There For A While.