I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's

People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.