My Most Important Rule Is

I Always Felt, You Don’t Have A Good Time Doin Crime, You May As Well Find A Job.

It's Like Seeing Someone For The First Time, And You Look At Each Other For A Few Seconds, And There's This Kind Of Recognition Like You Both Know Something. Next Moment The Person's Gone, And It's Too Late To Do Anything About It.

After 58 Years You'd Think Writing Would Get Easier. It Doesn't. If You're Lucky, You Become Harder To Please. That's All Right, It's Still A Pleasure.

I Won't Read A Book That Starts With A Description Of The Weather. I Don't Read Books Over 300 Pages, Though I'll Make An Exception For Don Delillo.

It's My Attempt To Remain Invisible, Not Distract The Reader From The Story With Obvious Writing.