If you're unhappy, change something.

Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.

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.

God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.