I try very hard to be fair, and I look for ironies. In a way, I live on ironies as a novelist..

I think everybody must be aware that this society is a whole lot shakier now than it was before the war. I was trying to examine, in 'Dog Soldiers,' ….

It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid..

It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it.

You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other instead of what they mean to say. ….

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair..

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it..

Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?.

If you couldn't tell the difference between what hurt and what didn't, you had no business being alive. You can't have any good times if you can't te….

The lessons I learned that were most important were the ones that hurt my feelings..