Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

Too bad he was officially the enemy.

So please don't judge me and I won't judge you 'cause it could get ugly before it gets beautiful.

People are lazy, and they want their fast food via the television.

But, to protect men, we must have the power of controlling them. We must first enslave them before we can protect them.

God giving man life and taking it away is not nearly so bad as God taking away childhood and giving him life.

The way I see it, life is a jelly doughnut. You don't really know what it's about until you bite into it. And then, just when you decided it's good, you drop a big glob of jelly on your best T-shirt.

These White House scandals are not going away anytime soon. People in Kenya are now saying he's 100 percent American. That's how bad it's gotten.

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]

Misunderstandi ngs happen because we do not understand that different people have different styles of communication.

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?