I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.

The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but often for the society itself. That's why I'm drawn to stories that are built around wars, even if they're not technically "war stories."

The professional does not permit himself to become hidebound within one incarnation, however comfortable or successful. Like a transmigrating soul, he shucks his outworn body and dons a new one. He continues his journey.

It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.