To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.