Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

Nice' in a bodyguard is about as useful as the ability to regurgitate whole lobsters.

Songs remain. They last...A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the power of songs.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

A novel seemed the easiest way to get what I had had in my head into the inside of other people's heads. Books are good that way.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.

For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that.