I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.

I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.