If believing were simple, then this world wouldn’t be in the mess that it is today.

I always say, the time you spend with your dog makes the difference in a great dog or a crate dog.

I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money it's my time.

All one needs to write a story is one feeling and four walls.

We can't dispose of the everydayness of people's struggles. We have to build a world that is ultimately supposed to be, very simply, everybody doing what they are happiest doing.

Brooklyn praise is half slander.

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of wood, that there are almost no mechanics involved.

I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.

Success never goes on sale. Be willing to pay the market price.

When anything important has to be written ... I think your hand concentrates for you.

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty.

I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.