Get Smart And Nothing Can Touch You.

I Never Base A Character On Someone I Know. You Can Get Ideas From Real Life, But Every Character You Write Is Some Aspect Of Yourself.

If You Want To Be A Writer, I Have Two Pieces Of Advice. One Is To Be A Reader. I Think That's One Of The Most Important Parts Of Learning To Write. The Other Piece Of Advice Is 'just Do It!' Don't Think About It, Don't Agonize, Sit Down And Write.

We Had Played A Kid's Version Of Gang Fighting Called "civil War," And Then Later We Had Got In On The Real Thing, We Fought With Chains And We Fought Barefisted And We Fought Socs And We Fought Other Grease Gangs. It Was A Normal Childhood.

I Didn't Think Much About That Statement Then. But Later I Would-i Still Do. I Think About It And Think About It Until I Think I'm Going Crazy.

... Hey, I Didn't Know You Didn't Like Baloney." I Went Cold. "i Don't Like It. I Never Liked It." Soda Just Looked At Me. "you Used To Eat It. That's Why You Wouldn't Eat Anything While You Were Sick. You Kept Saying You Didn't Like Baloney, No Matter What It Was We Were Trying To Get You To Eat." "i Don't Like It," I Repeated.