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.

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.

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

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.

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.