Traits don't change, states of mind do.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

Traits don't change, states of mind do.

In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.

She didn't like to be alone. Even more, she didn't like being with people. (148)

I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality.

The appetites of the body were private battles.