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

Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams; issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took.

When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

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