To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.

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

People in California seem to age at a different rate than the rest of the country. Maybe it's the passion for diet and exercise, maybe the popularity of cosmetic surgery. Or maybe we're afflicted with such a horror of aging that we've halted the process psychically.