The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid..

When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where all the….

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large..

Hubris and science are incompatible..

We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind..

Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box..

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows..

Retribution is just outstanding..

There is nothing inherently wrong about science..

The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To star….

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back..

You think of yourself as an "individual person", with a unique and separate mind. You think you are born and you think you die. All your life you fee….

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing..

I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous power o….

Make sure your family and loved ones don’t interrupt you during your writing time. If you’re a lawyer or doctor, friends don’t just stop by the offi….

Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent.” “New Orleans.” “What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once." “How nice f….

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ev….

I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or 5, and sometimes I work on Saturday and Sun….

The Monster’s crimes were so horrific that a mere man could not possibly have committed them. Satan, in the end, had to be invoked..

He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your ….

Steve Forman strafes the south Florida scene with Boca Knights, an outrageously funny mystery novel with a raft of offbeat characters and prose that ….