The Past Was So Past It Hurt.

The Ice Storm, Because Of The Movie, Has Had, Or Is To Have, A Vigorous Life In Other Cultures.

I Don't Know Exactly How Long The Book As We Know It Will Exist, But I Fully Expect To Make It To My Death Without Having To Give Up On Books.

Updike Worked This Way, And I Just Kinda Borrowed It From Him. So The Memoir Will Be Relief From Novel Writing For A Moment.

I Suppose That The Sympathetic/unsympathetic Debate About Characters Sometimes Feels To Me Like A Misstatement Of Purpose. I Always Think Of Truly Complex Characters Are Falling Between The Cracks In That Debate.

I Always Feel I Have Made Unfilmable Books. I Even Felt That Way About A Book Of Mine That Was Later Made Into A Movie. But My Wife, Who Has Made Two Films, Thinks This One Would Make A Very Original Film. I'm All For Original Films.