To Me, A Book Is

I Spent Most Of My Dough On Booze, Broads And Boats And The Rest I Wasted.

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.

Never Use A Verb Other Than ‘said’ To Carry Dialogue.

Never Use The Words 'suddenly' Or 'all Hell Broke Loose.'

I Started Out Of Course With Hemingway When I Learned How To Write. Until I Realized Hemingway Doesn't Have A Sense Of Humor. He Never Has Anything Funny In His Stories.