If there is going to be any meaningful sales, it's going to be through word of mouth and people recommending it to their book club and then a thousand more book clubs do it, and then you get into real sales numbers.

Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.

It's much easier to get disgusted when you've already banked 20 million bucks.

Maybe he was too drunk to hear me when I told him to stop. Maybe I didn’t say it loudly enough. Maybe I didn’t say it enough times.

New York can get on top of you if you don't have much money, but if you have money, it's kind of a playground.

Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early feedback, that's more important than professional editorial skill. Most people know what sucks.