All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

I started out of course with Hemingway when I learned how to write. Until I realized Hemingway doesn't have a sense of humor. He never has anything funny in his stories.

Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.

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

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 focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character's sound. I don't want the reader to be aware of me, writing.