I Don't Feel Stupid, Just Inadequate. After

Please Give Me Fifty More Years Of Work And Fun, Then An Instant Death When I'm Sleeping.

An Outline Is Crucial. It Saves So Much Time. When You Write Suspense, You Have To Know Where You're Going Because You Have To Drop Little Hints Along The Way. With The Outline, I Always Know Where The Story Is Going. So Before I Ever Write, I Prepare An Outline Of 40 Or 50 Pages.

I Stopped Reading William Faulkner Because It's Hard Work. I Want To Read A Good Writer, But I Also Want To Read Something Where The Pages Are Going To Move Along. That's What I Want. It Doesn't Have To Be A Thriller Or A Mystery. Just Something Where I Get Caught Up In The Story.

You Live Your Life Today, Not Tommorow, And Certainly Not Yesterday.

I Grew Up In A Very Small, Close-knit, Southern Baptist Family, Where Everything Was Off-limits. So I Couldn't Wait To Get To College And Have Some Fun. And I Did For The First Two Years. And I Regret A Lot Of It, Because My Grades Were In Terrible Shape.