Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

It moves at its own measured pace, for it has no reason to hurry. Tomorrow will come in its own good time.

Being poor is only romantic in books.

Writing novels is the most exciting