He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

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

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.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

Being poor is only romantic in books.