I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me

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.

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

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

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up

I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me

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