I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.

...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964

My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.

Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.