It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that. It has to do with cutting the right deal.

I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.