We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle.

I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause none of us was sufficiently interesting by his or herself.

College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner.

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block.

Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them.

If you are going to live life on your own terms, there need to be terms, and somehow you need to live up to them.

This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make whatever suggestions you want, but I probably will ignore them entirely.