And That's Why People Read

It's Hard For Me To Believe That A Shy, Bespectacled College Graduate Like Brad Meltzer Who's A Novelist And A Father Is A Really Setting Out To Be Weirdly Misogynistic.

I'm At A Stage In My Career Where I Don't Expect Or Get Too Much Editorial Input Into What I'm Doing. I Have A Proven Track Record Of Success, So My Editors Are Willing To Cut Me Some Slack Even When A Particular Approach Is Not To Their Personal Taste.

Then I Reminded Myself That All Intelligent Children Suffer Bad Dreams.

Abandon The 'i', Because It's A Lie.

Adults...struggle Desperately With Fiction, Demanding Constantly That It Conform To The Rules Of Everyday Life. Adults Foolishly Demand To Know How Superman Can Possibly Fly, Or How Batman Can Possibly Run A Multibillion-dollar Business Empire During The Day And Fight Crime At Night, When The Answer Is Obvious Even To The Smallest Child: Because It's Not Real.