My Characters Have To Talk, Or They're

I Spent Most Of My Dough On Booze, Broads And Boats And The Rest I Wasted.

Everyone Has His Own Sound. I'm Not Going To Presume How To Tell Anybody How To Write.

Don't Go Into Great Detail Describing Places And Things, Unless You're ­margaret Atwood And Can Paint Scenes With Language. You Don't Want Descriptions That Bring The Action, The Flow Of The Story, To A Standstill.

I Always Felt, You Don’t Have A Good Time Doin Crime, You May As Well Find A Job.

I've Quit Writing Screenplay [adaptations]. It's Too Much Work. I Don't Look At Writing A Novel As Work, Because I Only Have To Please Myself. I Have A Good Time Sitting Here By Myself, Thinking Up Situations And Characters, Getting Them To Talk - It's So Satisfying. But Screenwriting's Different. You Might Think You're Writing For Yourself, But There Are Too Many Other People To Please.