Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.

Hard to remember who is more dangerous: the people who are attacking our liberties overseas, or those who are suppressing them at home.

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and even painful to explore your own weakness, but it gives you genuine emotion. Characters in fiction come alive because of the believability of their emotional lives and that is what I strive to create.

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.

The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and you don't have to act because that person will do it for you.

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.