If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

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.

Never open a book with weather. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways to describe ice and snow than an Eskimo, you can do all the weather reporting you want.

These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out.

A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now.