I don't believe in the afterlife.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe' while making the necessary changes to make the work more visual.

I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.

Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.