If there was anything at all in the Book, anything of hope and peace for His blind and bewildered spawn which He had chosen above all others to offer immortality, THOU SHALT NOT KILL must be it.

I do not rewrite unless I am absolutely sure that I can express the material better if I do rewrite it.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past.

I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o'clock every day.

Marriage is long enough to have plenty of room for time behind it.