You burn a man's pickup, and he's ready for war.

I don't want to force my politics on my readers.

I stopped reading William Faulkner because it's hard work. I want to read a good writer, but I also want to read something where the pages are going to move along. That's what I want. It doesn't have to be a thriller or a mystery. Just something where I get caught up in the story.

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.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

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