If There Is Any Human Tragedy, There

The Best Thing About Being A Best-selling Writer Is Being A Best-selling Writer. More Seriously, Today I Can Write Full Time And Pay The Bills.

How Do You Explain To Yourself The Casual Manner In Which You Threw Your Life Away?

Write For The Love Of Your Art. Someplace Down The Road, The Money, The Fame, They'll Come, But By That Time You Won't Be Thinking In Terms Of Money Or Fame.

Never Read Bad Stuff If You're An Artist; It Will Impair Your Own Game. I Don't Know If You Ever Played Competitive Tennis, But You Learn Not To Watch Bad Tennis; It Messes Up Your Game. Art's The Same Way.

You Do It A Day At A Time. You Just Put Your Rejection Slips In A Shoebox And Tell Yourself One Day You're Going To Autograph Them And Sell Them At Auction.