I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

I had been writing professionally since 1988

Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.

I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

Without dignity, identity is erased.

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest