Author's opinion Quotes

[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.

I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the future.

Trump is a narcissistic sociopath; he's doing exactly what he said he would do.

I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.

I actually think that 'Bandbox,' by far the silliest of my books, is the best constructed of them.

If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.

I haven't done much rereading or rewatching stuff I've written over the years, but I did look at 'Misery' before I started the play. I liked it. Not much I would change.

Not counting 'Small Steps,' I think 'Holes' is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn't changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I'm still too close to 'Small Steps' to compare it to 'Holes.'

Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that such a law as one prohibiting liquor is foolish, and all the writers, keenly interested in human welfare whom I know, laugh at the prohibition law.

I see my books as a body of work, in my opinion, of singular importance and deeply disrespected in a way that is savagely unfair.

Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written.

In some ways, I don't consider a single Hap and Leonard novel the best, but I consider them my best characters.

My characters are actually usually pretty smart and admirable.

It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.