It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.

I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art.

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.