I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

I always write the best that I can. And I won't publish it until I have done it right.

The education of young people is narrowing. They cannot have the scope they used to have. They are being taught in high school by people earnest, still, but maybe less well-prepared than we would want them to be - but not because they are stupid or churlish.

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell. They are being tested out.