In a collaboration, each author will do 75% of the work.

There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum.

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.