The Hand That Holds The Money Cracks

A Gun Is Like Breath To A Drowning Man--it Has To Be Drawn In Haste.

If Your Writing Doesn`t Keep You Up At Night, It Won`t Keep Anyone Else Up Either".

New York Is Not Even A City, It's A Congerie Of Rotten Villages.

When It’s Too Good, You Do It Over Again. Too Good Is Too Easy. If It’s Too Easy You Have To Worry. If You’re Not Lying Awake At Night Worrying About It, The Reader Isn’t Going To, Either. I Always Know That When I Get A Good Night’s Sleep, The Next Day I’m Not Going To Get Any Work Done. Writing A Novel Is Like Working On Foreign Policy. There Are Problems To Be Solved. It’s Not All Inspirational.

She Was A Little Given To Rehearsing Things In Her Mind, And Having Imaginary Triumphs Over People Who Had Upset Her In One Way And Another.