Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.
“You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three novels before you hit it big. You know, now, there's much more of an emphasis in the publishing houses on making sure that every book makes money.”
“I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.”