Government Is Like Junior High. Your Status

I Don't Practice, But I Am Still Officially In Paediatrics. I Keep In Touch With Journals, And I Have A Very Good Data Bank Of Medical Information And There Is A Key Thing For A Writer Knowing Where To Go. I Know Where To Go To Get The Information That I Need.

I Would Never Have Been A Novelist Without Working As A Psychologist...it Was A Great Education In Human Nature.

It Didn't Feel Difficult At The Time Because I Was So Charged Up About Both Books. Afterward, However, I Was Pretty Tired. In A Good Way, Like After A Great Workout.

The Stress Of Grad School Can Drive Anyone Temporarily Mad.

I Spent The First Few Years Of My Life In A Smallish Community In Queens. Back In Those Early Days, Kids Could Roam The Streets With Relatively Little Supervision And One Place I Visited Frequently Was The Local Library. This Particular Branch Was Little More Than A Storefront But To Me It Was An Alternative Universe Where I Could Explore My Interests And Receive Kind, Informative Answers To My Questions From The Wonderful Librarians.