I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

If you find yourself occasionally or constantly pressured by your friends to live a materialistic lifestyle, you should stay clear from them because they are clearly not your true friends.

There is a non-technical way to travel in time: Try to create religious generations in your country, then you will certainly travel back in time, into the old eras!

The perfect human being is uninteresting. — Joseph Campbell

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.

I don't have to tell you folks about scuba diving. So, that'll save some time.

A Polish man in a helicopter. Goes up to 800 feet. Down it comes! What happened? "It got chilly up there, so I turned off the fan!"

The most important thing is that you actually care, that you do something to the very best of your ability

Writing is a little door. Some fantasies, like big pieces of furniture, won’t come through.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.