I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once.

I started writing stories as a child.

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance

There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

I decided I would never do interviews again.