The TV commercials, which are endless and fairly crass, gave birth to Brock, the bad-lawyer character in Razor Girl. In real life you can find even sleazier examples than him.

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.

If you take steps based on fantasies and illusions, you shall meet realities and remember the had I knows in sorrow

It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's.

We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.

I'm obsessed with books.

My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives.

Wrestling is one of those things that make me emotional.

World don't need chiefs. We need engaged, talented leaders.

Few people ever kill for the right reasons, June. Most do it for the wrong reasons. I just hope you never have to be in either category.

If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you.

Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.