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

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

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

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