I Don't Know What It Is About

I Don't Know What It Is About Human Beings But Most Of Us Really Like Reading About Or Observing Sexual Tension And Romance. It's Just So Much Fun. I Don't Know If There Is Some Darwinian Thing In Us That Really Responds To That, But I Think The Most Memorable Scenes To Me In Books And Movies Are The Ones Where A Couple Is About To Kiss.

The Fact Is That In This Day And Age I Don't Think Any Novelist Can Assume That A Book Will Get Attention.

Perhaps Fiction Has, For Me, Served A Similar Purpose--what Is A Narrative Arc If Not The Imposition Of Order On Disparate Events?--and Perhaps It Is My Avid Reading That Has Been My Faith All Along.

Personally, I Have Never Wished I Were A Male Novelist.

I Liked The Idea Of Giving Eligible A Feminist Flavor. While I Do Think That In Pride And Prejudice, Liz Bennet Is Very Bold, She Is Also Very Restricted In Terms Of What's Appropriate For Her To Do And The Ways It's Appropriate For Her To Behave. One Of The Differences Between Pride And Prejudice And Eligible Is That My Female Characters Take More Initiative In Their Romantic Lives.