The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper