I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.

Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.