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

Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.

I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

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

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.