I Generally Play Strong People

I Began To Write Fiction On The Assumption That The True Enemies Of The Novel Were Plot, Character, Setting And Theme, And Having Once Abandoned These Familiar Ways Of Thinking About Fiction, Totality Of Vision Or Structure Was Really All That Remained.

Certainly I've Had The Experience Of Thinking A Person Was One Thing, And Finding Out They Were Another.

If You're Telling A Story It's Always Best Not To Play The Ending.

I Do Not Feel An Exile From America In Any Sense.

My Fear Now Is Of Cliche, Of Complacency, Of Not Being Able To Feel Authenticity In Myself And Those Around Me.