I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

I write very slowly.

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I write the best book that I can write each time.

I don't read anything electronically. I don't write electronically, either - except e-mails to my family and friends. I write in longhand. I have always written first drafts by hand, but I used to write subsequent drafts and insert pages on a typewriter.

I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.