Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.

Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.

I only get writer's block about once a day.

Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.