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.

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

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

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Skip the boring parts.

I try to leave out the parts readers skip.