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

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.

You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

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

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

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.