I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.

There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

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

To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it's then you can say, 'It's fun, boy.'

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.