I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my own safeguard against being convicted unjustly. To my mind, that's government. That's law and order.

If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!

Now listen, Lam," he said, "you’re a nice egg but you’ve got yourself poured into the wrong pan.

It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.

I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my own safeguard against being convicted unjustly. To my mind, that's government. That's law and order.

The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.