It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.

L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation.

Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.

Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy the blood on your conscience.

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I learn things late-and only the hard way.

Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.

Five Ups of life: Buckle up, Start up, Keep it up, Don’t give up, Cheer up.

In a world filled with liars, some still seem surprised at the lengths to which some will go-yet we fear our own truth & so become numb to our own senses.

Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.

Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

In love's field was never found A nobler weapon than a wound.

Where there's a will there's a dead person.

The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.