Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!

The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.

To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it's practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don't.

The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.