Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.

Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

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.

Life's simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook.

Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.

The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.