I Try To Leave Out The Parts

It Doesn't Have To Make Sense, It Just Has To Sound Like It Does.

A Friend Of Mine Who Is In The Publishing Business Knew I Was Writing A Book, And He Said, 'have You Said Anything Yet About The Good Guy? Because I Know You Spend So Much Time With The Bad Guys.' Because They're Fun. So Then You Have To Make The Good Guy Fun, In Order To Compete. That's The Challenge.

What Do You Tell A Man With Two Black Eyes? Nothing, He's Already Been Told Twice.

I Want The Reader To Know What's Going On. So There's Never A Mystery In My Books.

Never Open A Book With Weather. There Are Exceptions. If You Happen To Be Barry Lopez, Who Has More Ways To Describe Ice And Snow Than An Eskimo, You Can Do All The Weather Reporting You Want.