“...and then a murder mystery will occur.”

“Then, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, "He writes murder mysteries.”

“It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.”

“It's sad that the murdering of children abroad is a normality within our present day and within our culture as Americans. On a spiritual note the murdering of any individual, child or adult, man or woman is never justifiable and we should be outraged over all atrocities no matter where or when tragedies as such occurs...”

“Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.”

“She’d painted her nails with rainbow stripes and it occurred to him that Vicki was just as beautiful and mysterious as a rainbow.One he’d been chasing for years without ever coming close to reaching the pot of gold at the end.”