And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst

...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you.

I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.

what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it.

I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.

Yes. Yes I am. I am a completely demented misogynist.

There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to me.