If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

Life is never easy for any one. Be gentle with one another.

Communication is the key and saying your words with kindness is the way to go.

Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind's tearing tension.

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

Ask Bill [Gates] why the string in [MS-DOS] function 9 is terminated by a dollar sign. Ask him, because he can't answer. Only I know that.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

Love is fearless in the midst of the sea of fear.

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.