Good writers touch life often.

The novel's not organized like a screenplay. If you shot the novel, you'd have a twelve-hour movie.

But no man's a hero to himself.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again.

You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were.

Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.