I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale