The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.

I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.