That's one of the things I like about Mary Lou. She's willing to believe the worst about anyone.

Life is about survival of the fittest, and Jersey is producing the master race.

I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.

I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.

I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying.

The note wasn't signed, but I could tell it was from Morelli by the way my nipples got hard.

Morelli grabbed the front of my shirt, pulled me to him, and kissed me. It was a great kiss, but I didn't know what the heck it meant. It seemed to me a breaking up kiss would have had less tongue.