A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

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.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him, we destroy ourselves.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.