I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

I'm actually a softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I've got a full head of hair and don't wear eyeglasses.

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.

Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand.

The only bowl Rutgers is going to is the one I just got off of.

You know why I feel older? I went to buy sexy underwear and they automatically gift wrapped it.

All art is self-portraiture.

I've realized skinny isn't necessarily attractive. Guys like girls with curves.

Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher than Everest.