I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.

Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.

Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.

I'm a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

Sing your song; don't let the bastards get you down.