When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

An idea doesn't die," said Trapp. "It exists somewhere, in its own dimension, waiting to be perceived.

I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.

I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.

When I turned the corner, I saw Toni waving at me from the elevator. I think I've already told you how it made me feel to see her smile and wave at me. You can have your sunsets and waterfalls. If a piano were to suddenly fall on my head, that's the image I'd want forever engraved in my mind. —Alton Richard

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only