There are few writers who, if they publish anything, I am going to buy it: Ian McEwan, Scott Turow, Pat Conroy - he was a buddy of mine and I always read his stuff. Also: Harlan Coben, Elmore Leonard, John Le Carre, but he's pushing ninety.

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

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

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

I don't even know what a serious literary critic is.

I struggle with racism every day

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?