Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down, and don't think readers will, either.

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.

I didn't come in here to argue with a woman with big hair

I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly

Pretty much everything about you gets me hot.

Guys don't get romantically involved." "What do they get?" "Invold, period.

The concept of psychic energy is easy for most people to imagine. After all, it's just one step beyond intuition - and almost everyone is comfortable with the idea of intuition.

I love threats. They make great quotes. Is that recorder working, Irene?

I think I'm going to cry, this is crazy." "No, you're just processing. Go ahead and cry." "I thought men got nervous around crying females." "I'm a Marine, remember? We're trained to handle anything.

A lady with a past has nothing to lose. But a woman with a future can't be too careful.

Too many are sorry where they should be assertive, and nearly moved to aggressive radical action, where they should be apologizing to themselves first, and then the world at large.

Only sheep need a Shepard.

What a trajedy to be a martyr for love, yet we worship the characters anyways because they remind us of how we struggled.

Oil companies are radical because they're willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere.

My anxieties have anxieties.

I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

Youth is the time when hearts are large.

The genius of the Republicans has been how they figured out how to so polarize the middle class that we vote against our own best interests.