I Was Always Influenced By Language.

Writing Children's Books Gives A Writer A Very Strong Sense Of Narrative Drive.

I Concentrate On The Lives Of Individuals Whom The Reader Comes To Know And Feel With Intimately.

To Try To Expunge An Individual's History Is A Terrible Violation.

I Was Always Influenced By Language.

Reread, Rewrite, Reread, Rewrite. If It Still Doesn't Work, Throw It Away. It's A Nice Feeling, And You Don't Want To Be Cluttered With The Corpses Of Poems And Stories Which Have Everything In Them Except The Life They Need.