And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.

There is a wonderful intelligence to the unconscious. It’s always smarter than we are.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older.