If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

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.

Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

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

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

Inspiration is an empty bank account.