A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.

Working on a new idea is kind of like getting married. Then a new idea comes along and you think, 'Man, I'd really like to go out with her.' But you can't. At least not until the old idea is finished.

And then the world exploded.

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories.

When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.