Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

No one more cynical than an idealist.

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!

Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart.

Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.