Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.

I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.

I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

If you write what you know about, you will always be on safe ground. I am very edgy and nervous about going into territories I know nothing about. That's why you don't find much high finance, group sex, or yachting parties in my stories.