I'm not making an enemy; I'm keepin' one.

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.

My wife says, and I agree with her, that what would be really great for Maine would be to legalize dope completely and set up dope stores the way that there are state-run liquor stores. You could get your Acapulco gold or your whatever it happened to be - your Augusta gold or your Bangor gold. And people would come from all the other states to buy it, and there could be a state tax on it. Then everybody in Maine could have a Cadillac.

It's a writer's job to carve with language, to hew close to the bone.

Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend