My Books Are Character-driven. They're Not Driven

The Thieves Of Manhattan Is A Sly And Cutting Riff On The Book-publishing World That Is Quite Funny Unless You Happen To Be An Author, In Which Case The Novel Will Make You Consider A More Sensible Profession-like Being A Rodeo Clown, For Example, Or A Crab-fisherman In The Bering Sea.

It's Easy To Get Distracted By The Vaudevillian Aspects Of The Healthcare Debate.

I Think In The Old Days, The Nexus Of Weirdness Ran Through Southern California, And To A Degree New York City. I Think It's Changed So That Every Bizarre Story In The Country Now Has A Florida Connection. I Don't Know Why, Except It Must Be Some Inversion Of Magnetic Poles Or Something.

The Tv Commercials, Which Are Endless And Fairly Crass, Gave Birth To Brock, The Bad-lawyer Character In Razor Girl. In Real Life You Can Find Even Sleazier Examples Than Him.

The Florida In My Novels Is Not As Seedy As The Real Florida. It's Hard To Stay Ahead Of The Curve. Every Time I Write A Scene That I Think Is The Sickest Thing I Have Ever Dreamed Up, It Is Surpassed By Something That Happens In Real Life.