Write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. You have to write so much that you don't mind throwing away and changing things that you've written - which is the second thing you have to do. A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet. The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

All my businesses are scrupulously legal. Not because I have any moral problems with crime. It just makes my life easier to obey the law. Crime is for poor people; you don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.