Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.

I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca.' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are.

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.

My biggest critics have never read me.

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.