I ordered a cheeseburger and a beer from a waitress who looked as though she wanted to be in one of those want-to-get-away? commercials. She called me hon. I love when a waitress calls me hon.
I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.
Here is the truth about tragedy: it's good for the soul.
Doctors kept stressing that mental disease was the same as physical disease. Telling someone who was clinically depressed, for example, to shake it off and get out of the house was tantamount to telli...
Dreams never die. Sometimes you think they are dead, but they are just hibernating lie some old bear. And, if the dream has been hibernating for a long time, that bear is going to wake up grumpy and h...
I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drive...
You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it’s almost impossible to comprehend.
You don't worry about happiness and fulfilment when you're starving.
The gray has no chance against that smile. It vanishes in a wonderful haze of bright color.
The boys wore helmets that looked too big on their heads, like the Great Gazoo on The Flintstones, and it was nearly impossible to tell which kid was which.
Summer romances cometo an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than one season. I thought we would be different. We were, I guess, bu...
Someone is always worse off than you. That never seemed like much comfort.
So I did some research, she went on. The good thing about being a famous model is that you can call anyone and they’ll talk to you. So I called this illusionist I’d seen on Broadway a couple of years...
Rumors always hardened to facts. Accusations are convictions in the public mind. You are guilty until proven innocent.
Oh, you’ve made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short.
Hoyt? Hoyt turned back around. So there’s no misunderstanding, Carlson said. I don’t believe a word you just said. We clear? Crystal, Hoyt said.
Daisy wore a clingy black dress with a neckline so deep it could tutor philosophy.
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The proble...