As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.

Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.