You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

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.

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

One thing that drives me nuts... well, let me ask you, when writers write do they not use quotation marks anymore?