More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.
There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.
My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.
The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.
I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.
