Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first" Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance

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

People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given.

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

Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water.