No woman is a heroine to her dentist.

A society gets the criminals it deserves.

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.

Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God’s.

When all else fails, go for the ego.

Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.

As Richard has pointed out on several occasions, I subscribe to the irregular verb theory of life: I am a trained investigator, you have a healthy curiosity, she/he is a nosy parker.

Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Be a fountain of peace to find peace everywhere.

There are more writers who read than readers who write.

The smallest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions.

It is more than love, barely less than madness. It’s never close enough.

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.'

Once I read autobiography as what the writer thought about his or her life. Now I think, 'This is what they thought at that time'. An interim report - that is what an autobiography is.

Fire the doubters out of your life.

I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.