I Spent Most Of My Dough On

There Are Cities That Get By On Their Good Looks, Offer Climate And Scenery, Views Of Mountains Or Oceans, Rockbound Or With Palm Trees. And There Are Cities Like Detroit That Have To Work For A Living.

I Still Read Hemingway. I Still Read His Short Stories Because They're So Good. He Doesn't Waste Any Words.

Never Open A Book With Weather. There Are Exceptions. If You Happen To Be Barry Lopez, Who Has More Ways To Describe Ice And Snow Than An Eskimo, You Can Do All The Weather Reporting You Want.

I Don’t Think Writers Compete, I Think They’re All Doing Separate Things In Their Own Style.

I Don't Believe In Writer's Block. I Don't Know What That Is. There Are Just Certain Little Areas That I Know I'm Going To Get Through. It's Just A Matter Of Finding A Way.