Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

Now, you may think that this is some sort of generalized hatred that I will carry for the lot of you. Let me assure you that this is not the case. Each of you will fail, but you will fail in your own unique way, and therefore I will dislike each of you on an individual basis.

The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.