I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

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.

If you take a few days to write an outline, you're just making up scenes that you think will work, that you think will be interesting. But as you write it, other ideas occur - better ideas that have to do with what you're writing.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'