As in my other works of fiction: All persons living and dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. Angels protect the innocent as a matter of Heavenly routine.

The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for.

Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.

Bill Gates says, 'Wait till you can see what your computer can become.' But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work-not the damn fool computer.

No art is possible without a dance with death.