I don't think I ever have trouble with writer's block. It's different when you make it up as you go - that means you're going to get stuck. I wouldn't call it writer's block, I'd say, "I don't know where the hell this story is going."

If Chester had a failing, it was that he believed people were what they thought they were.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

The only thing I learned from the architecture is keep the bathroom and the kitchen near each other, so you don't have to run pipes all over the place.

When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.

My wife says in Richard Stark's world, the honest citizens are goofy. Okay, they are. I don't know if it's good or bad, but because he's outside his own world, it sort of freed up the environment around him to be a little more looser and goofier.

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.