It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San Francisco is a lady

Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic.

Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing

We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The word comes to us from every avatar of early human existence. As writers, we are obliged more than others to keep our lives attached to the primitive power of the word. From India, out of the Vedas, we still hear: On the spoken word, all the gods depend, all beasts and men; in the world live all creatures...The word is the name of the divine world.