Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.

The punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to most of us whose idea of personal risk is largely ego-related or emotional.

I tend to think in dramatic terms. In life, there may be an actual drama, but it would be the fictionalized, imagined drama that engaged me.

Acting is the loneliest profession I know.

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

I am the presence standing here at this juncture of Time & Space- who else?