That's all a writer has to write about - what he sees and hears and what not.

There is really no practical help that one can offer: it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own conviction, or working with one's own work; your style is what seems natural to you. It is a long process of discovery, one that never ends. I am working at it, and will be as long as I live.

I just live one day at a time. That's my new theory in life.

Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.

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

As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.

Those fellows, they're always crying over killers. Never a thought for the victims.