If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis.

The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.