I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.
It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw.
When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole.
Let's just say that I don't think our show has very much in common with the book any more.
If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up.
I never answer, because I can't, which is my favorite among my own books.
The covers of this book are too far apart.