The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards.

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

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

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

Stephen King reached out to me twenty-five years ago and taught me some valuable lessons. In return, I've tried to be generous with my time over the years with young writers. I've given them my email and said if you need someone to talk to, I've been through it.

My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.

All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.