Writing Novels Is An Essentially Amateur Activity.

Many Said That Now There Was No Hope Of Salvation, For A Man Might Do Anything And Be In The Wrong. There Was No Way To Tell. It Was Better To Stay On The Steading And Mind The Cows And Be Content With Such Days As Are Left To One And Cease To Wonder About Life Everlasting.

In December 1998, I Considered Myself An Expert On Love. I Was Almost A Year Into A Relationship, One That Had Grown More Slowly Than I Had Wished, But Once It Flowered It Was Much More Stimulating Than Any Marriage Or Relationship I Had Known.

The One Thing ... Maybe No Family Could Tolerate Was Things Coming Out Into The Open.

The Desire To Write A Novel Is The Single Required Prerequisite For Writing A Novel.

Well, In Fact Everybody - Everybody - In The Entire Nation Has Enough Stuff In Their Life To Write About That's Interesting That They Could Write Their Autobiography. And In The End That's Why I Find People Interesting.