I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.

I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

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

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.

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.