It's just as political, what you do in the bedroom is just as political as what you do in public.

I had been going out to Orient for several years.

To this day I still watch tons of horror.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

Someone asked me when it was that I felt confident enough in my writing that I could rely on it as a career. The truth is, I never have. I'm always on the hunt for second, third, or fourth careers. Private detective and cinematographer were previous career choices, but now that I'm older I think I'd be a good portrait painter, rug merchant, or florist.

There seem to be two ways of generating interest from the reader: withholding information or by telling the reader on the first page exactly what's going to happen.

I'm really much better at asking questions than answering them, since asking questions is like a constant deflection of oneself.