I Didn't Dare Think Of The Future;

All Students Enter Law School With A Certain Amount Of Idealism And Desire To Serve The Public, But After Three Years Of Brutal Competition We Care For Nothing But The Right Job With The Right Firm Where We Can Make Partner In Seven Years And Earn Big Bucks.

She Was Pondering The Option Of Law School, The Great American Baby-sitter For Directionless Postgrads.

One Thing That Drives Me Nuts... Well, Let Me Ask You, When Writers Write Do They Not Use Quotation Marks Anymore?

I Stopped Reading William Faulkner Because It's Hard Work. I Want To Read A Good Writer, But I Also Want To Read Something Where The Pages Are Going To Move Along. That's What I Want. It Doesn't Have To Be A Thriller Or A Mystery. Just Something Where I Get Caught Up In The Story.

My Name Became A Brand And I'd Love To Say It Was The Plan From The Start. But The Only Plan Was To Keep Writing Books. And I've Stuck To That Ever Since.