Love Is Selfless, It Is A Weakness,

Don't Shame The Young For Releasing Their Pent-up Fear.

Writers Are Socially Observant. We Find People Endlessly Fascinating, And Real Life Is Mysterious. Sometimes It's Hard To Stop Staring At The Strut And Squawk Of My Fellow Man. They Can Be Quite Inspiring. Sometimes It's Hard To Stop Talking To Them To See What In The World They're Thinking.

You Learn To Exploit Genre For The More Important Things - To My Mind - Like Story, Character, Image, Language.

It's Not That I Bounce Ideas Off Of My Children As Much As It Is That Having Children Has Had A Profound Effect On The Way I See The World. They Have Mined My Soul. They've Made Me A Better Person And Therefore A More Empathetic Writer.

But There It Is: Everyone Is Alone, For Life, And Maybe That's Not Such A Bad Thing.