Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.
New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.
Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.
The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.
