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

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

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

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.

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

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

Being poor is only romantic in books.