I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

I think I write in a fairly self-confident manner.

When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.

I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.