Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now.

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

I have the "thing" worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.