Writers Spend Three Years Rearranging 26 Letters

I Write Because I Can't Imagine Not Writing.

I Write Because I Write - As Anyone In The Arts Does. You're A Painter Because You Feel You Have No Choice But To Paint. You're A Writer Because This Is What You Do.

If You're Writing A Book That Takes Place In New York In The Moment, You Can't Not Write About 9-11; You Can't Not Integrate It. My Main Character's View Is The Statue Of Liberty And The Trade Center. It Doesn't Have To Take Over, But It Has To Be Acknowledged.

The Bigger The Issue, The Smaller You Write. Remember That. You Don't Write About The Horrors Of War. No. You Write About A Kid's Burnt Socks Lying On The Road. You Pick The Smallest Manageable Part Of The Big Thing, And You Work Off The Resonance.

I Do Small Cameos Here And There But Nothing That Requires More Than A Paragraph Of Talking, Because I'm Just An Amateur. The Movie Is A Whole Different Reality.