I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.