I Always Try To Make The Setting

I Always Try To Make The Setting Fit The Story I Have In Mind.

A Writer Is Like A Bag Lady Going Through Life With A Sack And A Pointed Stick Collecting Stuff.

The Essays In The Great Taos Bank Robbery Were My Project To Win A Master Of Arts Degree In English When I Quit Being A Newspaper Editor And Went Back To College.

An Author Knows His Landscape Best; He Can Stand Around, Smell The Wind, Get A Feel For His Place.

You Write For Two People, Yourself And Your Audience, Who Are Usually Better Educated And At Least As Smart.