I'd Always Wanted To Write

Here's My Rule: You Always Want To Pay Cash For Your Own Books, Because If They Look At The Name On The Credit Card And Then They Look At The Name On The Book Jacket, Then There's This Look Of Such Profound Sympathy For You That You Had To Resort To This. It Really Is Withering.

I Never Laugh Or Smile When I Am Writing. When I Come Home For Lunch After Writing All Morning, My Wife Says I Look Like I Just Came Home From A Funeral. This Is Not Bragging. This Is An Illness.

The Central Part Of The State Is More Remote And Less Scenic, And There's A Huge Agricultural Belt That Stretches From The South Of Lake Okeechobee To The Border Of Everglades National Park, Where The Restoration Effort Is Being Concentrated, .. Obviously The Movement To Save The Everglades Runs Up Against Agricultural Concerns.

My Books Are Character-driven. They're Not Driven By The Story.

There's So Much Hate That We Direct Externally That We Forget We Have Our Own Psychos. But That's The Role Of The Satirist - You Have To Examine Your Own Country And Say, Look!