People with antisocial personality disorders aren't automatically bad - they simply approach the world with a more ruthless set of lenses. The lack of empathy or very weak empathy and the ability to read other people's weak spots can be a flammable combination when you get in the way of something they want. But they aren't a different species. They're a part of our spectrum.

We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.

Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.

My family is filled with wonderful storytellers. I lack their gift of gab, so it's a relief to be able to write.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.