“I always try to burden even the villains with some weird predilection they have to cope with. It helps make them memorable, and gives them a human side.”
“I have this pet peeve which is when I read a novel I don't want to hit page 200 and have to go back to the beginning to figure out which character is which,”
“These are all kids who are going to be growing up to vote. They have a much clearer idea of the kind of world they want to live in, ... I like to think sanity will prevail.”
“The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the restoration effort is being concentrated, ... Obviously the movement to save the Everglades runs up against agricultural concerns.”
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