What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.

Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.

There were a billion lights out there on the horizon and I knew that all of them put together weren't enough to light the darkness in the hearts of some men.

Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.

Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years.

...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.

I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.