Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.

One always likes one's latest book best. That's a natural feeling.

I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before.

I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor and observations, and he cannot be denied the right to use it. Condemn, but not deny.

Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.