Good writing is rewriting.

I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.

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

I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.

I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning....Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it's always nice to know where you're going is my theory.