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

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

My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.

Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

I started out of course with Hemingway when I learned how to write. Until I realized Hemingway doesn't have a sense of humor. He never has anything funny in his stories.

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.