If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

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.