They don't have a lot of crime in the countryside other than theft. But every once in a while, things turn ugly, and when they turn ugly, they turn very ugly.

Nuts don’t come in bunches. Only grapes do.

Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing.

Catholics don't scream about Jesus, they scream about the bishop.

With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.

I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

They don't have a lot of crime in the countryside other than theft. But every once in a while, things turn ugly, and when they turn ugly, they turn very ugly.