There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.
The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.
I enjoy learning technical details.
When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?
Hunger is the best seasoning.
I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.