A writer is someone who has written something today

my major form of exercise is jumping to conclusions.

There are old riders and bold riders, but no old bold riders.

When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?

Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified.

You can’t really think hard about what you’re doing and listen to the radio at the same time. Maybe they didn’t see their job as having anything to do with hard thought, just wrench twiddling.

It's the bright one, It's the right one, that's success.

Life itself had become disembodied. My family, the spine of my days, had crumbled. I was lost in invertebrate time.

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.

I know a fat girl, she wears an orange skirt. You give her twenty dollars and you can do your work.

You can ask my wife about my stamina.