Transitions are critically important. I want the reader to turn the page without thinking she's turning the page. It must flow seamlessly.

I hate mornings. They start so early.

Lula's borderline too much of a good thing in lots of ways. It isn't exactly that Lula is fat; it's more that she's too short for her weight and her clothes are too small for the volume of flesh she carries.

You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding him if it was aliens," Grandma said.

I wasn’t a fabulous cook. I didn’t have a boyfriend, much less a husband. And I wasn’t a big financial success. I could live with all those failings as long as I knew that once in a while I looked really hot.

Ranger Smiled. 'You want me to be Superman? Spend the night with me.

I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times.