People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they're gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.