Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.
It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.
If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
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 have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!
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.