Lisa Unger

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen.

Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'