What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

You know, it's not fair. Women are judged inferior until we prove ourselves, and men are judged superior until they prove what assholes they are.

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

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

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

Being poor is only romantic in books.

We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.