I don't sign contracts for my books.

Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.

The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.

From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark.

People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.

It's the family you choose that counts.