I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.
I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am. Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.
I'm actually a softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I've got a full head of hair and don't wear eyeglasses.
The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.