I'm always amazed by writers who say, "Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit." I just need a real big chunk of time to sit down and focus. That's my process.

I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a big way.

I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.

Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.

As Oscar tells to Chalky, eventually we all run out of road...

Everything in life is a story just waiting to be written.

Soul winning for Christ Jesus is a great business everyone must endeavor to start and keep it diligently

I always bow to my enemies before I destroy them!

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.

Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing all he wishes.

I find a lot of people struggling in their lives because they feel like it was expected they do a certain thing or act a certain way and not follow what their gut is telling them to do.

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

There's no law that says I can't cook in my own house." - Charlie Swan

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

Develop inspirational dissatisfaction. Rearrange your attitudes and convert a failure of one day into success on another.