Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I sai….

Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon.

Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University.

There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself..

Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around..

Coincidence exists, but believing in it never did me any good..

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition..

'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves..

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!.

Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block..

I got thrown out of school several weeks in my senior year being caught in the girls' dorm. This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. E….

This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. Even to girls, I think..

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing..

This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make ….