Dogs are one of those things that make you happy and make you wonder.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.