You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.
I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.
Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.
the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.
Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't help but consider irony.
It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken dinner at a drive-in. A soft pillow. Things that don't need explaining.