If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages.