I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

But let us say he was (guilty). Let us for a moment say he was (guilty). What justice would there be to take his life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.