I am one of the heretics who believes that art must be enjoyed first and analyzed later.

Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.

Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.

The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time.

The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'

Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?

Write. Publish. Repeat.

[Discipline i]t’s the ability to overcome the urge to grab the bright and shiny and interesting to finish what you’ve started.

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild.

Fear of nature led to society

Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets.

I don't need designer things. And YOU are designer, Rush.

On the average, five times as many people read the headlines as read the body copy.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.

The only real people are the people who never existed.

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.

I would love to come to Auckland. That's a place I've been quite a lot with my band so I'm very much looking forward to it.