I Don't Think I Began To Be

I Have Always Had A Sense That We Are All Pretty Much Alone In Life, Particularly In Adolescence.

I Find That Most Books That I Don't Like Are Those In Which The Authors Have Indulged Themselves. I Can Almost Sense When They're Writing Something For Themselves.

A Writer Must Take Risks, Defy The Odds, Be A Bit Obsessed And A Little Mad.

There Are No Taboos. Every Topic Is Open, However Shocking. It Is The Way That The Topics Are Handled That's Important, And That Applies Whether It Is A 15-year-old Who Is Reading Your Book Or Someone Who Is 55.

It Came To Me That Hell Would Not Be Fire And Smoke After All But Arctic, Everything White And Frigid. Hell Would Be Not Anger But Indifference.