I Was Always An Outsider, Always Standing

Kids Are Naturally Inventive And Curious And Creative, But Most Adults Have Had That Beaten Out Of Them. Writing Is A Form Of Play; You Have To Get Rid Of All Those Internal Censors That We Adults Have, The Things That Say, 'don't Go There, That's Not Allowed.

I Don't Want To Get Hung Up On What 'people,' That Nebulous Mass, Think About Me. That's The Way To Unhappiness, I Think.

I Always Try To Create Conflict And Drama In My Books; It's The Engine Of The Novel.

She Touched His Hand For The Last Time. "oh, Karim, That We Have Already Done. But Always There Was A Problem Between Us. How Can I Explain? I Wasn't Me, And You Weren't You. From The Very Beginning To The Very End, We Didn't See Things. What We Did--we Made Each Other Up." P. 382

The Thing About Getting Older Is That You Don't Need Everything To Be Possible Any More, You Just Need Things To Be Certain.