Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're ­Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

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.

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.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out. I'm just telling a story.

Don't worry about what your mother thinks of your language.

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