It's a job. I entertain my readers. I get up in the morning, and I start typing.

Sometimes my plot lines are so convoluted, I get calls from friends at 3 am saying; you SOB, you'll never pull this one off.

To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering.

To create something you want to sell, you first study and research the market, then you develop the product to the best of your ability.

I must say one thing about southern down-home brewed coffee with chicory. If you have worms, you'll never have them again.

My friends joke that I raised the Titanic and never left the Rockies.

She was a Privately funded spy ship owned by the corporation and headed by Juan Cabtillo. The Oregon was his brain child and his one true love.

I know you're the only pistol champion we have, but I'd rather they no see enough of you to hit. You're also the only wife I have...""You're so sweet.'"...at the moment.

If ever a car was created by designers with dreams of grandeur, it had to be the 1958 Buick Limited: the heftiest, highest-priced and most opulent monster ever to hit the street in the '50s.

I collect vintage cars, so you always find them in my books.

All my memories are things I gave away, traded for new days after days after days...

Your posture can have a great deal of influence on your personal presentation and image, revealing your attitude toward yourself and others.

But home did not seem the right word for it. It hadn’t quite been home for years. Not like it used to be.

Good friends are like angels. You don't have to see them to know they are there for you.

I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.

Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.

Homeopathic doses are perhaps the strongest.

We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.

The day was dark as a lawyer's soul.

I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes-I hope they do get 'em lowered enough so people can afford to pay 'em