I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.

There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.

I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.

Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.