Ideas Come To People Who Are Receptive

Donald Westlake's Parker Novels Are Among The Small Number Of Books I Read Over And Over. Forget All That Crap You've Been Telling Yourself About War And Peace And Proust-these Are The Books You'll Want On That Desert Island.

New York Is An Ugly City, A Dirty City... But There Is One Thing About It. Once You Have Lived In New York And It Has Become Your Home, No Place Else Is Good Enough.

I Think Persistence In The Face Of Adversity Is An Essential Part Of A Writer’s Job Description. If You Don’t Care Enough About It To Avoid Being Easily Disheartened That Way, You Really Should Be Doing Something Else.

I Wouldn't Presume To Define Noir - If We Could Define It, We Wouldn't Need To Use A French Word For It - But It Seems To Me It's More A Way Of Looking At The World Than What One Sees.

Dangerous Thing, Giving Humanity The Knowledge Of Good And Evil. And The Capacity To Make The Wrong Choice More Often Than Not.