If You Jump To Conclusions,

I Like Doing The Readings And The Autographing, But The Interviewing Gets A Little Tedious Because You Get Asked The Same Questions Every Day And Sometimes Three Or Four Times A Day.

I Like To Think Of What Happens To Characters In Good Novels And Stories As Knots--things Keep Knotting Up. And By The End Of The Story--readers See An Unknotting Of Sorts. Not What You Expect, Not The Easy Answers You Get On Tv, Not Wash And Wear Philosophies, But A Reproduction Of Believable, Emotional Experiences.

Why Is It That If You Happen To Be Black And Over Six Feet Tall, Everybody Thinks You Supposed To Play Basketball Or Football?

The Best Rush In The World Is Getting Something At 80 Percent Off.

I'm More Interested In Interpersonal Relationships - Between Lovers Families, Siblings. That's Why I Write About How We Treat Each Other.