“When I start a book, I write a minimum of five pages every day, except...” — Elizabeth George Quote

“When I start a book, I write a minimum of five pages every day, except weekends. If I'm going on a ski trip, I take my computer with me, get up at six, do my five pages, and then go skiing.”

“Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.”

“I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view.”

“The computer allows me to execute my ideas at the speed I think them.”

“I was fascinated to see that if you knew what you were doing, you could sell a $3,000 computer system over the phone.”

“It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.'”