People want you to be ordinary.

The sense of smell in all dogs is their primary doorway to the world around them.

Stalking the Angel [Joe]"I could off anybody in this place five times over." [Elvis]"Could you off someone and get away with you here?" [Joe]Head shake. "I'm too good even for me.

Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary.

It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around.

Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories.

I love the fact that you collaborate with your readers when you write a book.