In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.

I'm fascinated by the awful, awful things that human beings do to each other.

Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.

The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was, whether it would kill a man or make a baby just yawn.

We are all worthy of one another.

When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you cant be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.