A Pen Connects You To The Paper.

My Characters Have To Talk, Or They're Out. They Audition In Early Scenes. If They Can't Talk, They're Given Less To Do, Or Thrown Out.

Using Adverbs Is A Mortal Sin.

A Friend Of Mine Who Is In The Publishing Business Knew I Was Writing A Book, And He Said, 'have You Said Anything Yet About The Good Guy? Because I Know You Spend So Much Time With The Bad Guys.' Because They're Fun. So Then You Have To Make The Good Guy Fun, In Order To Compete. That's The Challenge.

Never Use A Verb Other Than ‘said’ To Carry Dialogue.

I Don't Have Any Of The Modern Stuff. I Don't Have E-mail. I Don't Have A Computer!