You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon.

Keeping a guy in prison costs 50,000 bucks a year. Executing one costs a couple million.

It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

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

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

So many book sections in newspapers and magazines used to be lively and vibrant places. Now they are gone. You just don't see many reviews anymore. I can't control that, so I don't worry about it. I just try to do what I do and write books that people find every entertaining. I don't worry about the critics.