The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.
Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.
If I need something, I'll invent it.
The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.
I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.