The Key To Thrillers Is Vicarious Pleasure.

Don't Be Sad That Roses Have Thorns. Be Glad That Thorns Have Roses. Today's The Day I Worried About Yesterday And It Didn't Happen.

Slippery Slope. I Carry A Spare Shirt, Pretty Soon I'm Carrying Spare Pants. Then I'd Need A Suitcase. Next Thing I Know, I've Got A House And A Car And A Savings Plan And I'm Filling Out All Kinds Of Forms.

The Thriller Is Not A Recent Invention. It Probably Goes Back To The Dawn Of Storytelling.

All Of Us Write Wish Fulfillment.

I Grew Up In Birmingham, Where They Made Useful Things And Made Them Well.