Readers Are Paramount. I Live To Write

Of Course, All Writers Draw Upon Their Personal Experiences In Describing Day-to-day Life And Human Relationships, But I Tend To Keep My Own Experiences Largely Separate From My Stories.

Robert Rotenberg Does For Toronto What Ian Rankin Does For Edinburgh.

I Liked The Challenge Of Writing In A Very Concise Structure In Which Both Meaning And Form Are Important.

I've Often Said That There's No Such Thing As Writer's Block; The Problem Is Idea Block. When I Find Myself Frozen-whether I'm Working On A Brief Passage In A Novel Or Brainstorming About An Entire Book-it's Usually Because I'm Trying To Shoehorn An Idea Into The Passage Or Story Where It Has No Place.

People Want To Avoid The Past. I Suppose That's Natural. When We Tally Up All We've Said And Done Over The Years, Despite The Wonderful Memories, The Regrets May Be Fewer But Stand Out More Prominently, Glowing Coals That We Can Never Quite Extinguish, Try Though We Might