Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

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 had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time.

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.

I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.