Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that exist between people that bind.

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.

Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.

It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love.

There is plenty of work for love to do.