Heart surgeons do not have the world's smallest egos: when you ask them to name the world's three leading practitioners, they never can remember the names of the other two.

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

I cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

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

I believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it.

The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.