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Joe Wambaugh's A Friend. I Know Him Only Casually, But I Like Him A Lot. I Think He Likes My Books.

For A Much Lauded Writer, I'm Not Terribly Self-absorbed. In Social Situations, Which Are Difficult For Me - I Mean, This Is An Interview - I'm Normally Uncomfortable Talking About Myself.

I Begin By Assembling Notes On Characters. Large Swaths Of The Plot Become Clear To Me As I Do This.

My Role Relationship To The Event Will Continue To Mutate. My Relationship To My Mother Will Continue To Change As I Revise My Judgments Of Her Depending On What I Learn About Her. It Goes On. But I Feel No Less Obsessive About My Work And No Less Passionately Committed To The Life I Have Now, But I Feel Poised Inside. Which Is A Good Thing To Feel At 48.

I Almost Had An Intransigent Mental Spirit. I Always Wanted Things.