In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.

stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.

Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Reporting is pretty vital to me. It keeps me connected to the world. A 40-hour-per-week day job may be less feasible as time goes on.

Bravery breaks barriers

For me Christ was not to be bought for thirty pieces of silver but with my heart's blood. We buy not cheap in this market.

But if you love animals for all the right reasons- and that's just love and affection- then you're going to go after animals who need you.

At the end of the dream, on the other side of the rainbow, there's only light.

As you grow in spirituality, your whole life must improve.

Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win

If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country.

The older a woman gets, the more invisible you become.

I really think that reading a whole script is kind of prying and neurotic, don't you?

Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.