I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've made my living from doing what I love. You can't get any better than that.

The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the law, sometimes.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.