The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.

I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what triggers the creative process, it's a mystery to me! Characters often just walk on the page and I wait to see what they do and say while I'm writing them.

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the best background because we see so much of human behavior, such a range of human emotions.

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!

No man easily admits that he is afraid.