Animals Can Seem More Pure.

Even After I'd Published Three Books And Had Been Writing Full-time For Twenty Years, My Father Continued To Urge Me To Go To Law School.

When I Heard About The Microsoft Kinect, Though, I Felt An Urgency Rising In Me. A Game You Played Without Touching Any Machinery? A Chance To Wave Your Hands Around, Minority-report Style, And Move Things Around On A Screen? This Sounded Like Almost Too Much Fun, With Gadget-y Pizzazz That Sounded Astonishing.

I've Tried A Lot Of Different Apps To Manage Twitter On My Phone (i Use Hootsuite On My Laptop), But I Think The Official Twitter App Is Really Good.

Most Writing Doesn’t Take Place On The Page; It Takes Place In Your Head.

Writing About Unknown People Means I Spend A Lot Of Time Arguing To The Reader About Why It's Worth Knowing About Them. That's Challenging, But Then The Piece Is Pure Discovery.