Love doesn't die; the men and women do.

Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.

The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

The necessity of the idea creates its own style. The material itself dictates how it should be written.

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.