I know I'm smarter than an armadillo

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

Everything you could want - action, suspense, character and setting, all floating on the easy lyricism of a fine writer at the top of his game.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

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

I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live.

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.