It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.

People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.

She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.

The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.

Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds of forms.