Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child. And, there is some truth to that.

I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.

Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. If not so, why do so many couples who start the evening at dinner wind up in bed?

THE THREE is really wonderful. A mix of Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson, hard to put down and vastly entertaining.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.