It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.

Is that clear?" said Borcht "as clear as pea soup" I said

I knew my transformation was complete when Dr.Keyes asked, "How are you feeling today, Tandy?" and I responded "I'm not

I never miss a good chance to shut up

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready.

Witihin seconds the headhunter had lost control of his car and it squealed, sliding sideways right into several other cars. Cool!' said the Gasman.

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.