Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. Still time to figure that out. I'll have it posted on my tombstone.

Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

A. That's easy - I'd love to be musical. I'd start on dobro, move on to trumpet, also take up drums. I'd writer lots of songs, sing on the street for money, make a happy fool of myself.

Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?

A. Human overpopulation.

Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?

A. Playing tennis.

Q. What’s your best quality?

A. Probably for others to say, but maybe it's that I don't often lose my temper. On the other hand, loss of temper can be a useful tool, as I'm sure we've all seen, and therefore I'm somewhat handicapped.