He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson that Sarah taught him everyday--that beauty was only a part of it, and not even the most important part, that there were transactions between people that occurred on some mysterious level beneath the skin, or maybe even beyond the body.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

I used to describe myself as a comic novelist, but my concerns seem to have darkened over the past few years.

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.

I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel.

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson that Sarah taught him everyday--that beauty was only a part of it, and not even the most important part, that there were transactions between people that occurred on some mysterious level beneath the skin, or maybe even beyond the body.