When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.

Stephen King reached out to me twenty-five years ago and taught me some valuable lessons. In return, I've tried to be generous with my time over the years with young writers. I've given them my email and said if you need someone to talk to, I've been through it.

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics.

I remember Stephen King did a fundraiser one time with J.K. Rowling and he was very impressed with her. But we talk a lot about publishing, bookselling, and book writing. He's been around for ten years longer than me and was a bestseller right off the bat. And he's seen and done everything. It's rare to be with somebody who has been through all of that.