My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.

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.

I am graceful, joyful and wonderful.

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

It's good that it hurts. Pain is the signal that you're confused, that you're in a lie.

Latina women are proud to be called Mrs. That simply means that we have a family.

About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad.

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment, and I would encourage you to follow that pathway as far as you can, into ecstasy.

The great thing about being rich is, you can embrace practices that kill the poor - that's what socialism does.

Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House.

Margo's beauty was a kind of sealed vessel of perfection--uncracked and uncrackable.

Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.