The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

Understanding is the bridge between two minds

Modesty, not temper.

Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

As governor, Im spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

Nobody is as smart as everybody.

You are not educated if all you have achieved is the study of ten books.