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

Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute.

The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

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

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

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.

I spent the first few years of my life in a smallish community in Queens. Back in those early days, kids could roam the streets with relatively little supervision and one place I visited frequently was the local library. This particular branch was little more than a storefront but to me it was an alternative universe where I could explore my interests and receive kind, informative answers to my questions from the wonderful librarians.