A writer has to have some kind of compulsive drive to do his work. If you don't have it, you'd better find another kind of work, because it's the only compulsion that will drive you through the psychological nightmares of writing.

The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum.

I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Nonfiction-wha t the hell, that just says, this is nongrapefruit we're having this morning.

A writer has to have some kind of compulsive drive to do his work. If you don't have it, you'd better find another kind of work, because it's the only compulsion that will drive you through the psychological nightmares of writing.

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.