For 10 Or 11 Years, I Had

It Is Very Hard To Trace The Effect Of Words On A Life.

Belief Needs Something Terrible To Make It Work, I Find--blood, Nails, A Bit Of Anguish.

People Do Not Change, They Are Merely Revealed.

I Love The Characters Not Knowing Everything And The Reader Knowing More Than Them. There's More Mischief In That And More Room For Seriousness, Too.

If You Can Just Actually Let The Character Be For A Bit, Then You Get The Right Sense.