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

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.'

After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still a pleasure.

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

I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo.

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.