Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I'm unusual among the writers I know in that respect.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?

You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.

I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.

Life is lived forward but is judged in reverse.