I Don't Want To Force My Politics

I Did Get Tired Of Hearing That Criticism Years Ago. That Is Not A Compliment. Being Labeled A "beach Read" Is A Put-down. So, I Did Deliberately Set Out To Write A Book, Camino Island, That Would Be Very Entertaining And Compulsively Readable And We Published It On June 6 In Time For Summer Vacation, Hoping That People Would Buy It And Take It To The Beach.

I've Sold Too Many Books To Get Good Reviews Anymore. There's A Lot Of Jealousy, Because [reviewers] Think They Can Write A Good Novel Or A Best-seller And Get Frustrated When They Can't. I've Learned To Despise Them.

I Was A Lawyer For 10 Years - A Short Time, But It Molded Me Into Who I Am. My Clients Were Little People Fighting Big Corporations, So It Was A Natural Thing To Not Only Represent The Little Guy But Also To Pull For Him - It's The American Way.

The Worst Letters Come From Retired High School English Teachers. They Will Literally Take A Book And Pick It To Pieces And Send Me 14 Pages Of Notes.

I Remember Stephen King Did A Fundraiser One Time With J.k. Rowling And He Was Very Impressed With Her. But We Talk A Lot About Publishing, Bookselling, And Book Writing. He's Been Around For Ten Years Longer Than Me And Was A Bestseller Right Off The Bat. And He's Seen And Done Everything. It's Rare To Be With Somebody Who Has Been Through All Of That.