I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.

I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.

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

Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf. He is wickedly observant, funny, cynical, evocative, and he possesses a gift that cannot be taught: he can tell a story.

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.