Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

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Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an...

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an...

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not...

I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not...

Never, never try to scope the market.

Never, never try to scope the market.

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In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If...

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I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no...

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Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like...

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but...

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but...

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine...

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine...

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I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a...

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Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the...

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

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One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the...

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down...

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down...

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation...

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

Perhaps extreme danger strips us of all pretenses, all ambitions, all confusions, focusing us more...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...