I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
“The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.”
“My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.”