I Have Always Had A Sense That

You Bring Up Your Children To Be Self-reliant And Independent And They Double-cross You And Become Self-reliant And Independent.

Cities Fell. Earth Opened. Planets Tilted. Stars Plummeted. And The Awful Silence.

Why Did The Wise Guys Always Accuse Other People Of Being Wise Guys?

He Hated To Think Of His Own Life Stretching Ahead Of Him That Way, A Long Succession Of Days And Nights That Were Fine - Not Good, Not Bad, Not Great, Not Lousy, Not Exciting, Not Anything.

When I Write, I Never Think Of Segments As Chapters; I Think Of Them As Scenes. I Always Visualize Them In My Mind. Then I Try To Get The Scene Down On Paper As Closely As I Can. That's The One Thing That Readers Don't See - What You Have In Your Mind. The Reader Can Only See What You Get On The Page.