I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.

Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.

My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin

If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire.

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?