I Had Stories That Needed

Whenever I Write, I'm Always Thinking Of The Reader.

If The Novelist Shares His Or Her Problems With The Characters, He Or She Is Able To Study His Personal Unconscious.

My Greatest Aspiration Was Always To Live In The Tropics.

I Locate That Special Problem In A Character And Then Try To Understand It. That's The Genesis Of All My Work.

I Began Teaching In New York Because I Needed To Stay In The United States And Didn't Have My Immigration Papers In Order, So Working For A University Was A Way Of Resolving The Issue.