I had been writing professionally since 1988

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

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

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.

My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.