Money. The Ultimate Motivation. The Ultimate Way

I Realize Now I Could Have Gotten A Whole Book Out Of That And So I Think That Was A Big Mistake. But The Truth Is You Write In The Moment And With Your Head Down And There Is No Way Back Then That I Could Have Conceived Of Harry Having The Longevity That He Has Had.

I Feel I'm Functioning At Some Level As A Journalist Because Even Though I Write Fiction, I'm Trying To Get The World Accurate.

You Know You're Going To Get Burned From Time To Time. It's Just Part Of The Game. So When It Happens You Have To Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off And Forget About It Because They're About To Snap The Ball Again.

I Think The Only Boundaries Are Individual And Personal. A Writer Should Be Free To Write About Anything He Or She Wants To, Including The Twin Towers. I Have Made Small References To 9/11 In My Past Two Books.

I'm Always Looking At Ways Of Shaking Up The Writing Experience Because I Think It Helps.