Kids don’t do what their parents say-they do what they see their parents do. So who was to blame here?

You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!'

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.

I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.