I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish.

Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

Righteous indignation are the very clothes that liars wear

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday, " that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

The world is so full of a number of things I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.

If you believe in the Lord, He will do half the work - but the last half. He helps those who help themselves.

I underestimated you, woman." ... "The cry of men down the ages.

She tried to walk softly and wished the trees wouldn't stare at her so.

One of the problems of other MMOs combat is that you often have scenarios where you have multiple heroes beating on a single enemy. That just isn't very Heroic

God help anyone who messes with the Virals!

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.