A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.

I don't speak fluent bumpkin.

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.

All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

All the truth in the world is held in stories.