Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

I work with the dead, but I am working for the living.

You are never alone, your Angels always whisper to your heart.By silencing your mind, you can be filled with their Love.

Yet where Denal had prayed to Poseidon for death, Alaric was praying to the same god for life.

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week.

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.

We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration

You never know how people are gonna receive you and especially a character that's so close to the fans in type...

What if miliseconds influence centuries?

Poverty is abandonment. We have abandoned the poor.

Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.