At the end, I cobbled scenes all together and smoothed out the transitions as much as possible. Incidentally, I would not recommend this approach to writing a book, and will probably not write that way again!

When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.

At the end, I cobbled scenes all together and smoothed out the transitions as much as possible. Incidentally, I would not recommend this approach to writing a book, and will probably not write that way again!

Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back and forth on that question.

I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.

Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.

I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!