Skip The Boring Parts.

I Left Advertising As Fast As I Could In 1961. And I Haven't Ever Thought About Going Back.

A Man Can Be In Two Different Places And He Will Be Two Different Men. Maybe If You Think Of More Places He Will Be More Men, But Two Is Enough For Now.

I Used To Be Able To Write Five Pages A Day, Every Day, No Problem. Now A Good Day Is Five Or Four Pages, And That's From 9:30 A.m. Until 6 P.m.

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.

At The Time I Begin Writing A Novel, The Last Thing I Want To Do Is Follow A Plot Outline. To Know Too Much At The Start Takes The Pleasure Out Of Discovering What The Book Is About.