If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.
Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.
Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.
Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.