Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.

When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.

The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.