I Never Bought The Idea Of Individual

Don't We All Know Why Nerds Do What They Do? To Get Money, Which Leads To Popularity, Which Leads To Girls.

You Don't Have Favourites Among Your Children, But You Do Have Allies.

I Read Carver. Julio Cortázar. Amis's Essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, Anything At All, That Doesn't Sound Like Me.

There's A Perception That Novels Can't Usually Allow For Your Kind Of Absolute Attention To Detail.

First Rule Of Writing: When Still A Child, Make Sure You Read A Lot Of Books. Spend More Time Doing This Than Anything Else.