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

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.

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.

I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

Well, there would be no sound if we shout on the background.

Fear, if not accompanied by pain, turns into a habit

Fantasies... who needs fantasies? I have memories.

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very foundation of the home and family, our most basic institutions.

There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner because we haven’t solved any of the things that caused the previous crisis.

I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.