Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

Heroism's just doing more than you want to do or think you can. Sometimes it's just doing the crappy things, the unhappy things other people won't do....It's not just jumping out of a plane onto a glacier ten thousand feet up because there's nobody else there to do it. It's getting out of bed in the morning when it seems like too much trouble.

There was nothing like a Saturday - unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball.

Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?" "Kiss a cow farm boy

It was a joint, which put it one slippery step up from a dive.

Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.

If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.