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I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!

I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.

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.

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.

I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different. You might think you're writing for yourself, but there are too many other people to please.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.