First time my master’s in English literature ever proved useful.

I broke with my religion in college.

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

That process by which you become a writer is a pretty lonely one. We don't have a group apprenticeship like a violinist might training for an orchestra.