The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.

I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.

Booze and tobacco and lots of sex. It keeps a lad young.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person is afraid.