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.

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.

I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

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.

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.