Ayn Rand Is A Rhetorician Who WRITES NOVELS I Have NEVER Been ABLE To READ.

When I Meet Children At Book Signings, They'll BRING Me Photos Of When I First Met Them Many YEARS Ago When They Were READING My Picture Books, And Now They're Telling Me How MUCH They Enjoy My Novels.

Violence Is Inevitable In CRIME Novels, But There Are Many Different Ways To TELL A Story. I USE My Characters' Reactions To Illustrate The Worst Moments Rather Than Let READERS WITNESS Them At First Hand.

All Of My Novels Are Seeded In REAL LIFE Events, And 'The WRECKAGE' Is No Different.

I PLAN To LIVE To Be 98, So I'll Be The GUY At Dundas And Yonge Flogging A BOX Of Mouldy NOVELS.

I've READ SHORT Stories That Are As Dense As A 19th Century Novel And Novels That Really Are Short Stories Filled With A LOT Of HELIUM.

I WRITE NOVELS Because There Is SOMETHING I Don't UNDERSTAND In REALITY.

The RISE Of The Dramas In The Thirteenth Century, And The Rise Of The GREAT Novels In A Later Period, Together With Their Frank Glorification Of LOVE And The Joys Of Life, MAY Be Called The THIRD Renaissance.

After 20 Years, A Million Written Words, And NINE Rejected NOVELS, I FINALLY Landed A BOOK Contract.

Anyone Who Sets FOOT Into The 'Watchmen' Universe And Isn't Just A LITTLE Nervous Should Be Given A Few Days Of Electroshock Therapy. I've Always Considered 'Watchmen' To Be One Of The BEST Graphic Novels Ever Written, And When It CAME Out Back In 1986 I Was As Blown Away As Everyone Else. Just Masterful.