It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout.

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.

The stress of grad school can drive anyone temporarily mad.

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

Just because others have it worse doesn’t mean you have to suffer in silence.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing.