My mother and I will continue on some level that I havent determined yet. I think my mothers a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

Some people don’t respond to civility.

I always cringe when a male friend of mine, who's very fixated on women, puts "compatibility" at the top of his list of attributes that he would be looking for in a woman. I would replace compatibility with dialectic.

Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

I got a woman I'm loyal to above all things, above my career. She's profound to me. I'm quiet. I live in Kansas City. I work.

I don't think I will write anything that could be even remotely considered a genre novel from this point on. I think I've graduated.

All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.