Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.