Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.

Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.

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

I don't usually eat breakfast. I prefer to be asleep during the hours that it is served.

It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, then they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth.

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.