Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there.

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.

Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.