ramahawk

The thing I hated about the movie was that the book is truly cathartic because it's about loss - how we have no real control in life and need to learn to live in the moment and appreciate all we have. When I finished, I felt like I was seeing the world with new eyes.

And the movie was just like, it's all OK, because we'll run across a field and kiss each other and romance will triumph! Well, no. And it's because no one beats death that life has meaning.

Does liking the Knicks make you a masochist?

I really loved some of your books when I was younger, especially Monster, and I'm really looking forward to checking out Invasion. (And I may buy the ebook of Fallen Angels, which I read more than 10 years ago!) Can you talk about what it's like to be writing for younger people after doing it for a while? Has the process changed at all? Do you feel a need to keep the language contemporary, especially dialogue? You keep writing great books year after year; I would love to hear how you keep it fresh.

Which do you like more, writing prose or making visual art? As a reader, I want you to write faster! But it seems like you're still painting, so is that your preferred medium?

Got a new vacuum?