I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.
One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.
Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

