Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.

Do you like to eat things? -I love eating. I list it as a hobby.

I am not a great prose stylist. I'm a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don't like what I do. Fortunately, there are millions who do.

And Max, I've put some scraps in a bowl for your dog," Mom said. "It's on the floor, by the back door." The flock and I went still. Uh-oh, I thought. Total stomped up to me, his glare accusing. "A bowl on the floor!" he seethed. "Why don't you just chain me to a stake in the yard and throw me a bone!

Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to.

I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.

What was premeditated murder if not calculated leverage?