Some Writers Would Be Kinder Than Others,

As For Goals, I Don't Set Myself Those Anymore. I'm Not One Of These 'i Must Have Achieved This And That By Next Year' Kind Of Writers. I Take Things As They Come And Find That Patience And Persistence Tend To Win Out In The End.

The Face Of Totalitarianism Turned Out To Be A Mask - Obviously - But The Face Of Capitalism Has No Face At All.

Having Said That, I'm A Huge Jack Nicholson Fan Because He Just Goes Nuts In Everything He Does. Having Jack In His Heyday Would Also Be A Dream Come True.

It Was Relatively Easy To Write 'the Cave Of Lost Souls', Though, Because It Came To Me One Night In A Dream. I Remember Waking Up And Having This Idea For A Complete Story - From Start To Finish - In My Head, So I Jotted It Down, Then Later Began Writing The Thing.

Unlike Life, You've Got More Or Less Complete Control Over What's Going On In Your Stories. That's Not To Say You Can Make Characters Do Whatever You Want Them To - They Usually Have A Life Of Their Own If You've Done Your Job Properly.