Bad Guys Are Not Bad

My Purpose Is To Entertain And Please Myself. I Feel That If I Am Entertained, Then There Will Be Enough Other Readers Who Will Be Entertained, Too.

My Most Important Piece Of Advice To All You Would-be Writers: When You Write, Try To Leave Out All The Parts Readers Skip.

I Do Have Fun Writing, And A Long Time Ago, I Told Myself, 'you Got To Have Fun At This, Or It'll Drive You Nuts.'

I Still Read Hemingway. I Still Read His Short Stories Because They're So Good. He Doesn't Waste Any Words.

Don't Go Into Great Detail Describing Places And Things, Unless You're ­margaret Atwood And Can Paint Scenes With Language. You Don't Want Descriptions That Bring The Action, The Flow Of The Story, To A Standstill.