Kali is the goddess of destruction, the Clawed Hands, the Blood Drinker... And that's one side of her, as it is for any god. If you knew her for thousands of years you'd know she could be all colors. The sky is black at night, but if your eyes were good enough, they could see the different lights of a million stars. Death is part of her because death is part of life.

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.

High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins. Or, Arnold is pregnant.

To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top reporter and the power of a novelist.

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.