"The motivation for my own authorial decision to turn my back on traditional publishers was both psychological and entrepreneurial ... My father was hard hit during the Depression, and it was difficult for him to get and hold a job.  He was always at the mercy of others, and I vowed early on never to be beholden to others to make my living.  Controlling my own destiny has always been one of my principal obsessions."

"They are all based on one premise: what happens next?  If the reader doesn't care, the novel is a failure."