Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.

I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.

At the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made--like light we see emitted from stars.

Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.

Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

Literature should not be exclusive, it should be inclusive. My general view is that you can't, based on your own experience, project what a book will do for someone else. That's why I don't review books.