Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller!

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.

Words are, quite simply, weapons. How a person or an act or a thought looks depends entirely upon how - and by whom - it is described.

Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

One of the fruits of longevity is establishing a reputation you may not deserve.

Los Angeles is a sprawl of broken dreams and lost opportunities, disconnected souls and entertainment junkies. The sunny skies and graceful palms don't redeem jammed roadways to nowhere.

Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.

It is the afternoon of my birthday, but still the morning of my life.

I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

If we win, I don't care if I get 20 boards or five boards.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.

We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood education. All the studies on early childhood education show this is going to pay for itself.