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

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When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.

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...

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.

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn...

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn...

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I...

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I...

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing...

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing...

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...

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get...

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get...

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

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

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of,...

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of,...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

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.

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

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

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

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...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

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...

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 got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them...

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on...

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on...