My view is that organized religion is a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of people.

Doubters will doubt to the end.

I'm one of those people who doesn't really know what he thinks until he writes it down.

I've given up thinking - it keeps getting me into trouble.

Some things were better lost than found.

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke and a story's just a story