That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles.It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.

Oz thinks I'm beautiful," she whispered to the stars.

Some kids get called "bundles of joy" or "slices of heaven" or "dreams come true." We got "the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments." Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive.

If it's commercial fiction that you want to write, it's story, story, story. You've got to get a story where if you tell it to somebody in a paragraph, they'll go, "Tell me more." And then when you start to write it, they continue to want to read more. And if you don't, it won't work.

Then I found it: the source of the blood, the place where he'd been shot. 'Total?' I said, and I got a slight whimper. 'You have a boo-boo on your tail.

Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.