Inspiration is an empty bank account.
Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.
If the public likes you, you're good.
I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.
I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.
I'm a country boy. I hate New York. But that's where things happen, so I use it as a base for stories, I know enough about it. But I have to keep going back there.