In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.

If I spoke to Rodman in those terms, saying that my grandparents' lives seem to me organic and ours what? hydroponic? he would ask in derision what I meant. Define my terms. How do you measure the org...

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.

I want to sleep with you. Now, tonight, and at any time you may care to call me. I want your naked body, your skin. your mouth, your hands...—I want you like an animal...or a whore.

He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth. Nancy Reagan on her husband

He appeared to have pushed down the coverlet and undone the first few buttons of his banyan. Sweat had pooled below his throat, just at the junction of his collarbones, and she could see a few black h...

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

Fairy Tales give you more than just smile.

Facing the sagging middle when writing a novel, while inevitable, may be overcome by pre-planning. I divide my collection of proposed scenes into three acts, each scene inciting tension that builds to...

Every minute with you, Darling Eve, is a minute to treasure.She slid a glance toward him as she uncoded the seal. You really do want sex.I'm still breathing, so that would be yes.

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life.

But I do admire your perseverance.She rounded his table and gracefully sat at her desk, apparently unaware that he'd stopped dead, staring at her.You do?She was feeding the dove, which for some reason...

And I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.

Warmth spread down my neck.It's actually, and not blah or whatever.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left.