Normal' Is A Dryer Setting.

I Had, Of Course, No Model For That Sort Of Woman Being Married, But I Can Make That Up As I Go Along.

In A Novel, I Could Submerge My Ego In A Characters And Let His Perceptions Take Over.

What It Boils Down To Is That Parenting A Child With Autism Is A Difficult Job; Writing About It Is Far Easier.

Empress Of The Universe Would Be Way Too Much Work. I'd Have To Wear Fancy Clothes, Probably Including Lady Shoes With Pointed Toes, And Could No Longer Slouch Into The Study In Pjs And Slippers. Someone Would (avert!) Straighten My Desk. Someone Would Reorganize My Yarn Stash...in Fact, They'd Assign Someone Else To Knit My Socks, Thus Depriving Me Of An Excuse To Rest My Brain While Pretending To Accomplish Something Useful.

When I Was Starting Out, I Did Not Do Short Fiction Well, Because I Kept Wanting To Write Books.