Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true.

Every encounter with a woman must be viewed as a negotiation, ... the difference being instead of coaxing them off rooftops, you're coaxing them into romance. And remember, the negotiator is always in control.

I'm the same age as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen.

Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.

Probably the only thing that isn't great is the time when I know I'm very close to finishing the actual writing of the story and I'm overcome by this sense of loss. I think it's because I know I won't be "talking" to the main character anymore, it's sort of like what you feel when you know a friend is moving away and you probably won't be seeing her again.

The big steel wheels creaked a couple times, then started moving.