When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.
I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.
Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.
Weโre flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you canโt con people unless theyโre greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You canโt 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.