If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.
The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.