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Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. Fr...more

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Most people are sheep and sheep don't eat meat

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Not everyone believes in ghost’s, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha?“ She had shaken her head slowly. "Men and women who can’t get over the ...more

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There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter or compute...more

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I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and — for me, at least — the story begins to ...more

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The truth is that most writers are needy.

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We see her go through dangerous mood-swings, but I tried never to come right out and say "Annie was depressed and possibly suicidal that day" or "Anni...more

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It's worked! Our marriage has outlasted all of the world leaders, except for Castro. And if we keep talking, arguing, making love and dancing to the R...more

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I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character story; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss.

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Paths cross all the time in this world of ours, sometimes in the strangest places- Charles Jacobs

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It ain't the blows we're dealt that matter, but the ones we survive.

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Get busy living or get busy dying.”― Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption

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Never tell to much. The monster is always scarier when it is still under the child's bed.

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Of course it's heavier, he thought. It's got my grief in it. I pull it along with me everywhere I go, so I do.

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Most politicians lie for the same reason a monkey swings by his tail, which is to say because he can.