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.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.

I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

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

...but ready or not,life goes on.