There Is No Absolute Beginning

Genes Are Not Simple Triggers. No One Is Hardwired To Commit Murder Or Any Other Crime. Our Actions Are Always The Result Of Stupendously Complex Gene-environment Interactions, And Environment Is Likely To Remain The More Important Influence By Far.

Good Stories Are Driven By Conflict, Tension, And High Stakes.

Predisposition Is Not Predestination.

You Can Write A Great Book And Be Ignored. Literary History Is Full Of Classics That Were Under-appreciated In Their Own Time.

At Some Point As Adults We Cease To Be Our Parents' Children And We Become Our Children's Parents Instead.