"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."

Only when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free. Yes, they must believe, they must believe. Because I know what it means to be a slave. I am a slave.

You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.