You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

...every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.

You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.

No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and listen...You shouldn't have a baby if there's no one who wants to feel it kick or listen to it move.