I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere.

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

All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.

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

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.