I see you looking at my cookies,' my father said to Morelli. 'Don't even think about it. Go get your own cookies.

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

It was dark and raining, with bad visibility, but this was Jersey, and we don't slow down for anything.

Valerie was crying, too. She was laughing and sniffling back sobs. “I’m going to marry my snuggy wuggums,” she said. Morelli paused, his fork halfway to the roast chicken platter. He slid his eyes to me and leaned close. “If you ever call me snuggy wuggums in public I’ll lock you in the cellar and chain you to the furnace.

I'm underrealized," Lula said. "I gotta lot of untapped potential. Yesterday my horoscope said I gotta expand my horizons." "You expand any more in that dress, and you'll get yourself arrested," Connie said. -- Twelve Sharp

When I was painting, I was painting stories I was telling myself. When I look back at it, moving to writing was a very natural progression for me.

Just because i know how to change a guys oil doesn't mean i want to spend the rest of my life on my back, staring up his undercarriage.