Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks.

He finds himself bored by the shenanigans of highly spirited young men. Their concerns reside somewhere between balder and dash.

Drink not the third glass - which thou can'st not tame when once it is within thee.

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.

Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves.

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.

Everyone is as confused as I am.

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.