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In both 'Tigerman' and my first book, 'The Gone-Away World,' there are characters who never really get names. They're too fundamentally who they are to be bound by a name, so I couldn't give them one.
Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
There are a lot of wonderful books out there that aren't marketed properly, and readers who might love them never even know they exist.
You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready.
The whole purpose of books is that we read them, and if you find you can't, it might not be your inadequacy that's to blame. 'Good' books can be pretty awful sometimes.
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.
Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal.
I am of the philosophy that if you work really hard and focus on things, you will get there in some form or fashion.
These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.
