Catholics don't scream about Jesus, they scream about the bishop.

Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations.

Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.

I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.

Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing.

Most people like a little sex in their novels.