I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.

Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.

Any game looks straight if everyone is being cheated at once.

The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

What can be done when you’re eleven can often never be done again.

I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by its very definition, short. It is something that generally you can turn out in a week to two weeks depending on how well it goes for you. But, at the same time, it gives the same satisfaction of creating a complete world.