I do bookstore signings, and it seems to me that I get a variety of men and women, more women than I'd expect, and grown-ups among my readers.

Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button.

In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.

When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.

Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.

What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.

Love without conditions, restrictions, or the expectation of being loved in return.

Even a ship can become a prison if all you see around you are bars.

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.

In the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened.

I try to stay in shape just to handle things like the stress of a job or everyday life.

The saying that beauty is but skin deep, is but a skin-deep saying.

A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.