I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do makes it a lot easier to work, every day, to face the tough spots and heel in for the long haul. Nothing against plans; they work for some people. But for me, if I'd been planning, worrying about numbers, trying to micro-manage my career, I wouldn't have focused on the writing. If you don't write, you're not read. If you're not read, you don't sell. So that's my Master Plan, I guess. Write the books, let the agent agent, the editor edit, the publisher publish.

I've wanted to be with you when I didn't have the right to.

In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need

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.

[First line] “The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

Look, if some guy dressed in his mother's clothes breaks in, fight him off until I get my pants back on.

Men are boys in bigger packages.