I'm Not Reclusive At All. Just Private.

You Become A Serious Novelist By Living Long Enough.

There Are No Amateurs In The World Of Children.

I've Come To Think Of Europe As A Hardcover Book, America As The Paperback Version.

To Portray America Over The Past Twenty Years Or So, I Would Think Immediately Of Football, Probably The Super Bowl In Its Sumptuous Suggestion Of A National Death Wish.

Look Past The Violence. There Is A Wonderful Brimming Spirit Of Innocence And Fun.