I Look Placid, You See, That's Why

I Once Got A Huge, Expensive Flower Arrangement From A Person I Didn't Like, Who Sent It Out Of Pure Guilt. It Had A Hideous Bird-of-paradise In The Middle, And I Thought It Would Never Fade And Die. I Hated It.

I'm Mainly An Airport Author, And If You're Trying To Take Your Mind Off The Journey, You're Not Going To Read 'king Lear.'

I've Seen A Lot Of People Buy My Books And Then Fall Asleep On The Plane Soon Afterwards.

After My Hip Operation, I Had To Cut Out Butter, Which I Loved, And Salt. I No Longer Eat Desserts With Lots Of Cream, And I've Cut Right Back On Alcohol.

I Try To Make My Characters Kind Of Ordinary, Somebody That Anybody Could Be. Because We've All Had Loves, Perhaps Love And Loss, People Can Relate To My Characters.