I probably could have sold twice as many if I was twice as ambitious.

I have more business than I want. I'm almost 60 years old.

The old stuff is really good. It's been around for years, and people are still using it.

From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.

That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.

My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.