I grew up in a very small, close-knit, Southern Baptist family, where everything was off-limits. So I couldn't wait to get to college and have some fun. And I did for the first two years. And I regret a lot of it, because my grades were in terrible shape.

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 always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

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

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

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

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