So it's LIKE STARTING over again, but I LOOK FORWARD to the CHALLENGE.

When I went to college, I majored in AMERICAN literature, which was unusual then. But it MEANT that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American WRITERS USED metaphoric LANGUAGE, starting with Emerson.

I don't TEND to do category fiction very well. One of my PROBLEMS when I was STARTING off was that publishers were hesitant to handle my books because they were never SURE what I was GOING to do next.

My father ENDED up starting the Kilimanjaro CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a SCHOOL.

When the PEACE treaty is SIGNED, the WAR isn't over for the veterans, or the FAMILY. It's just STARTING.

The difference between doing a remix and an original track is that when you do a remix, you obviously already have the original track as a STARTING POINT. But with the originals you start from SCRATCH.

The MODEL should only serve the very PRIVATE function for the PAINTER of providing the STARTING point for his EXCITEMENT.

For me, life is starting every DAY, every YEAR. There's a LOT to be done!

I consistently run into young adults who have QUICKLY turned away from TRADITIONAL jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big LIKE Mark Zuckerberg, but I ALSO believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than WORKING in one.

What I like about writing a stand ALONE novel is you're STARTING with a FRESH world and fresh characters. Part of what I LOVE about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.