All Quotes

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it. ”

Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets. ”

The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them. ”

A sense of place is very important in writing. ”

I like to think I'm writing in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, although I don't ape his style. ”

I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound. ”

I don't trust novels with points, do you? If a novel is only about a point, the writer should just say it in as few words as possible so we can take it in and go back to watching 'The Bachelor' on television. ”

In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a thrilling moment for everyone. ”

I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but come up with very few moral answers, stories that emotionally touch readers through the characters. ”

You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst. ”