I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.

It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life.

Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

Of his new book, Don says: “It might be the greatest book ever written. I don’t think anybody is going to read a book again after they read my new one. I think God is proud of me. I am going to make a killing off this thing and I’m going to use the money to go to space.

All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.