You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.

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

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

There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.

What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?

I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible.