There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.

The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.

The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart' to be extremely accessible and readable.

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another.