There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

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.

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

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.

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.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

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.