The chandelier's teardrop crystals twinkled above them like stars. It was easy to imagine that they were miles away from London, and that only the two of them existed.

Indulge me this once, Meg. Her name was a whisper on his lips. Soft. Seductive. Meanwhile his eyes gleamed mischievously, daring her to say yes.

For her, their romantic interlude atop the staircase had been a glorious, magical, enlightening introduction to pleasure. For him, it had merely been Friday evening.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

Every reader wants the same thing: to open the cover of a book and watch the words explode like fireworks off the page.

I was born with a romantic nature, and I'll carry it to my grave.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most mature book.

I got Oedipus off the incest charge--technicality, of course--he didn't know it was his mother at the time.

'Immortals' is all action. I love action movies. That's really where I want to spearhead my career.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.