I want my characters to understand, the way a father does, just how fragile and sacred life is. It will make the characters better. It will make the books better. It will make me better. I've been thinking lately about the intertwining of writing and fatherhood.
Books are like children, children are like books.
You nurture them every day, wanting to hold on to them as long as possible, and finally you send them out into the world. They make it, or they don't. I think it is the same with being a father. It's easy to become a father. But afterward, you bleed for your child.