..why is it that in problematic situations almost everyone resorts to axioms and societal remedies that in actuality almost nobody believes in?...ask yourself, have you ever known anyone whose marriage was saved by a marriage counselor, whose drinking was cured by a psychiatrist, whose son was kept out of reform school by a social worker?

I feel blessed in the knowledge that I probably belong to the last generation that will remember what we call "traditional America."

Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.

I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.

Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.

There's no substitute for loyalty.

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills.