I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

I don't name sources.

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

In America if you’re poor, you’re worse than a criminal. You’re nobody.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don’t want that kind of high profile.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don’t understand their own backyard. It’s a private preserve.

It’s good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy – only free.

I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.