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

Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.

Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys

in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score, earn, fight, win, get published, be a star.

She had gradually changed her name. "Jane" was too dull. Last year, she'd added a "y", becoming Jayne, which had more personality.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.