I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication they're tools of creativity and they can be shaped by their user.
Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.
Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is it makes the series limited you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet we all know that life experiences do change us.
One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like not to change.
We may think there is willpower involved but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.
Aside from my work in my everyday private life I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
When characters change on screen it makes you feel better about yourself. You think 'Oh I change too I'm constantly becoming a better person.'