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

That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.

You do not mess with the special investigators.

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.