Novelists never have to footnote.

Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake up in terror in a way that I would never wake up while working on a novel.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.

The one thing ... maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open.

People with good intentions never give up!