There's only one thing to say to the censors: Shut up.

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.

My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.

It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your "reporting" that you do.

If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.

The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it's sometimes found and sometimes not.