The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes.

Stephen King reached out to me twenty-five years ago and taught me some valuable lessons. In return, I've tried to be generous with my time over the years with young writers. I've given them my email and said if you need someone to talk to, I've been through it.

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.

I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.