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Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life, we may have to put up with tedious people, but not in novels.

I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on the reviews - so I'm in favour of starving him.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

All writers steal. You might as well steal from the best.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.