The Greatest Sin For A Writer Is

Disney World Is An Armpit Compared To Montana.

When I'm Working On A Novel Of My Own, I Try To Read Mostly Nonfiction, Although Sometimes I Break Down And Peek At Something Else.

The Thieves Of Manhattan Is A Sly And Cutting Riff On The Book-publishing World That Is Quite Funny Unless You Happen To Be An Author, In Which Case The Novel Will Make You Consider A More Sensible Profession-like Being A Rodeo Clown, For Example, Or A Crab-fisherman In The Bering Sea.

As A Lobbyist He Had Long Ago Concluded There Was No Difference In How Democrats And Republicans Conducted The Business Of Government. The Game Stayed The Same: It Was Always About Favors And Friends, And Who Controlled The Dough. Party Labels Were Merely A Way To Keep Track Of The Teams; Issues Were Mostly Smoke And Vaudeville. Nobody Believed In Anything Except Hanging On To Power, Whatever It Took.

Unfortunately, I Don't Get To Read Nearly As Much As I Want Because I'm Always Working On My Own Stuff, Either The Novels Or Newspaper Columns.