I've started many novels, and they all ended on page seven.

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

I didn't intend. The word "intend" is the wrong word for what I do. It's just that it's something you do, and you can't not do. If you want to do it, and you don't intend to, you do it anyway. The word "intend" is wrong. The word "pressure" is right. It's like any art form.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

Good talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen.

I've started many novels, and they all ended on page seven.

I'm seventy-five now. I also have the peculiar luck of having a sister and brother who are fourteen and sixteen years older than me. Their health is not good. It couldn't be at that age. But their spirits are. Both my brother and my sister are an example to me.