But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.

Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.

Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.

When I first met you, I honestly didn't know you were gonna be this important to me

People, we're always reaching for these big things... you know? Big ideas... big moments... big lives. And all the while the little things we're ignoring are undoing us.

Sometimes our best speech is the way we look in silence!

Listen, we got two stiffs and a river of red in a villa in Herne Bay...

To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.

There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.

I really respect peple who try. People who say, No, I'm actually going to do the best I can. That said, you want to do the best you can while remaining who you are.

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

Yoga changed my body 100 percent. It tones everything and leans you out. Dancer's pose is amazing. It works every muscle!

If it's attention you want, don't get involved with a man during play-off season.