Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.

I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.

If it's broken, it can be fixed.

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.

The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment.

I want to be a writer you can always depend on for a good read during your vacation, during your flight, during a time in your life when you want to forget the world around you.

There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.

It’s your call. You want to go back home, go ahead. But if I were you, I wouldn’t. Home is death.

I'd spent five minutes looking at Twitter once and felt I'd wandered into a poker game where everyone immediately displayed their hands against the cool green of the felt.

Emma, okay, enough with the singing. Mommy's getting a three-pill headache.

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وإذا أنْتَ أثْبَتتَ أنَّ الكَلْبَ أوْفى مِنْكَ، فَأنا ما زِلْتُ إنْسانًاAnd if you have proven that dog is more loyal than you, I am still human

It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA.

Focus on miracles brings about self-gratification.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero....The controversy has raised profound questions about religious tolerance and prejudice in the United States.

If you're asking for a date, forget it. 'Cause I make it a point not to go out with women who shoot me in the head!

Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes.