What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.

If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.

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 don't believe in writer's block. I don't know what that is. There are just certain little areas that I know I'm going to get through. It's just a matter of finding a way.