Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

It's becoming apparent that I like bad boys. That's one of my problems. They've all been bad boys. You're one too. You're a bad boy. But, I think you're a good bad boy.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.