I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.

She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

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

Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

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.