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

I struggle with racism every day

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

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.

In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.