When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write a novel. To be clear: I did not decide to become a novelist. Honestly, it never crossed my mind that I could actually earn a living as a professional novelist.
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Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.
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You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.
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Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.
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I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
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I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.
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I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.
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I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.