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

I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.