It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

Something I learned long ago. It is not necessary to know what a person is afraid of. It is enough to know the person is afraid.

I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program.

Stories are like assholes. Everybody's got one and most of 'em stink.