Ideas Come To People Who Are Receptive

I Think Persistence In The Face Of Adversity Is An Essential Part Of A Writer’s Job Description. If You Don’t Care Enough About It To Avoid Being Easily Disheartened That Way, You Really Should Be Doing Something Else.

If You Want To Write Fiction, The Best Thing You Can Do Is Take Two Aspirins, Lie Down In A Dark Room, And Wait For The Feeling To Pass.

I Can't Persuade Myself That One Of The Problems Facing The Planet Today Might Be A Shortage Of Books By Me.

The Short Story, I Should Point Out, Is Perforce A Labor Of Love In Today's Literary World; There's Precious Little Economic Incentive To Write One.

I Wouldn't Presume To Define Noir - If We Could Define It, We Wouldn't Need To Use A French Word For It - But It Seems To Me It's More A Way Of Looking At The World Than What One Sees.