Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

…made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?""Po-ta-toes!" said Sam.

I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

I believe that a smile is the attribute of a positive attitude, both for yourself and the perception of others.

Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.

No one places any trust in the words of the Americans.

A loving and fierce defense of economics as a science.

Don't hate the black, don't hate the white. If you get bit, just hate the bite.

You dont know me, you just met me, well if i couldnt have it..silly rabbit, why ya sweat me