I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

If the public likes you, you're good.

Imagine this guy hits Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger and knocks him out. You hit Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger, he'll beat the crap out of you.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.

Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.