I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game at a bridge club. I try to go to tournaments three, four, or five times a year.

It's – I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from ten to fifteen.

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.

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

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.