The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

Those kind of dilemmas are commonplace when you're a prosecutor. You're always in that position with the flipper witnesses.

The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.

I've become President of the Author's Guild, and, in part because they thought I had to know what I was talking about and also as a sort of coronation present, they got me an iPad. And I have to tell you, I'm crazy about it. It's got some bugs, but it's basically replaced my laptop. I'm very happy with it.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks.