There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.

I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange.

I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.

Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages.