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.

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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...

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

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...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

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...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than...

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

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

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

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

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

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 try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil...

Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil...

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...

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

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

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

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

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