Try Jesus, you won't regret it, a billboard read.

... everyone must play his role.

I spend about a year between novels

Women were the ones that held the reins, it emerged.

Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly rang false when I spoke their words in our living room.

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong; they pass each other and keep running.