Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else?

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

When a marriage ends, who is left to understand it?

I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband.

She wasn't in love but she would love him, if that would save her.

A diverse and lively collection, the highest art of the interview.