No matter what your point of view is, you will always find someone who will say the opposite.

 Rubbish. If the idea is no good, it amounts to nothing. If the idea is good but not acted on, it amounts to nothing. It is the most inexpen...

The most important thing is you can’t write what you wouldn’t read for pleasure. It’s a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can wri...

I strongly believe that writing is an act of courage. It’s almost an act of physical courage. You get up and you have this great idea. May...

Completing a book, it’s a little like having a baby. There’s a feeling of relief and satisfaction when you get to the end. A feeling that ...

There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because th...

But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be awar...

In Hollywood, you’re dealing with a power structure where the writer is really at the bottom of the totem pole. Actually, I think that the...

Character is the very life of fiction. Setting exists so that the character has someplace to stand. Plot exists so the character can disco...