The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the character's self-delusions. Really all the advantages are with first-person, so I'm sorry I don't get to pick and choose.

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.

I suspect that marriage is like parenthood: every last one of us is an amateur at it.

And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin