I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Riding the train gives him too much time to think, he has decided. Too much thinking can ruin you.

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.