The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.

Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating myself.

I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who is going to demean me in some way.

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.

The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations.