Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

Skip the boring parts.

Avoid prologues: they can be ­annoying, especially a prologue ­following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.