Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.