I don't even know what a serious literary critic is.

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

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

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

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.

Life is short..Live to the fullest.

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.