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

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.

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

You should always be thankful and express gratitude for your love, beauty, family, and everything in your life.

HE didn't realize she was his everything until he gave her up for everything else.

if one of two or more joint wrongdoers has to pay all the damages, he cannot recover contribution from his fellows.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt that darkness and that light.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

I don't really put a lot of swearing in my music. I want everybody to be able to enjoy it.

It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.

I have come finally to a simple philosophy of work. I enjoy what I do and do the best I can. That is enough.

Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

There is more to literacy than 'reading' and 'writing'.