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

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.

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.

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?

Poverty is a great equalizer

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

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?