…made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chlamydia?

Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

Creative industries are more important than the car industry, luxury jewels, and fashion.

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

Bottlenecks are usually at the tops of bottles.

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.