For 10 Or 11 Years, I Had

When You Find Yourself Alone, Or In A Transition, You Dream More. These Are Also The Times When You Read Books.

I Think Young Children In The Western Middle Classes Are Objects Of Incredible Anxiety.

Naming Is Nice. It Took Me Days Before I Was Able To Speak A Name For My First Child (what If People Did Not Like It?), And I Suspect We Gave Her A Secret, Second Name As Well, To Keep Her Safe.

There Are Little Thoughts In Your Head That Can Grow Until They Eat Your Entire Mind. Just Tiny Little Thoughts--they Are Like A Cancer, There Is No Telling What Triggers The Spread, Or Who Will Be Struck, And Why Some Get It And Others Are Spared.

I Became A Full-time Writer In 1993 And Have Been Very Happy, Insofar As Anybody Is, Since.