Yeah. Floyd is his batman.

Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon

I needed to find my way to write. I need about six hours of uninterrupted time in order to produce about two hours of writing, and when I accepted that and found the way to do it, then I was able to write.

'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves.

There's something about being able to literally consume a work of art - then to divide all that pleasure of it - because it's a memory. A great wine for me is a memory, it's an extraordinary experience.

It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.