I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth

She didn't strike me as a "crossword in ink" kind of girl

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.