The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing.

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.

I write because I can't imagine not writing.

The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.