Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.
“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.”
“I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.”