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

I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!

I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.

Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.