Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying

You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.

Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and it’s a good technique.

Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. "You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.

You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.

It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.