I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline. I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together.

I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at the end. I don't work with an outline and I don't work in a straight line.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that surprise me.

The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.

The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.