Life Will Deal Me Many Different Hands,

Toni Hears Voices," Said Trapp. "but Who Is This Dr. Ellsworth To Tell Her She's A Schizophrenic? Maybe She Just Perceives Better Than The Rest Of Us. Maybe The Voices She Hears Are Just Uncommunicated Ideas, Floating Free.

I Never Think Of An Entire Book At Once. I Always Just Start With A Very Small Idea. In 'holes,' I Just Began With The Setting; A Juvenile Correctional Facility Located In The Texas Desert. Then I Slowly Make Up The Story, And Rewrite It Several Times, And Each Time I Rewrite It, I Get New Ideas, And Change The Old Ideas Around.

Life Is Like Crossing A River. If You Take A Huge Step-aim For Too Bigger Dreams-then The Current Will Knock You Off Your Feet And Carry You Away. The Way To Do It Is Small Steps, You Will Take Hold Of Life. You Will Get There In The End.

There Was Something Special About Being In A Strange Place, All Alone In A Mass Of People Even If You Had Just Screwed Up Your Life, Or Perhaps Especially If You Had Just Screwed Up Your Life.

A Lot Of People Don't Believe In Curses. A Lot Of People Don't Believe In Yellow-spotted Lizards Either, But If One Bites You, It Doesn't Make A Difference Whether You Believe In It Or Not.