People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail.
People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny.
There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original.
People in small towns, much more than in cities, share a destiny.
Not everyone writes well from a child's point of view.
When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises.