I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.

To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it's then you can say, 'It's fun, boy.'

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.

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

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.