I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.