Janet Evanovich

I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.

He wears jeans, untucked shirts, and a Glock 19, and he has a big shaggy dog named Bob.

Lots of times I__ not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

Respect and love your readers. Write for the reader.

I don__ get writer's block because I don__ believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force your fingers to get something on the screen.

Oh, for God's sake," I said. "Just give me the stupid thing." I took the panic button and stuck it into my Super Sexy Miracle Bra. "GPS," Ranger said to Morelli. "Probably I can find her breast without it," Morelli said. "But it's good to know there's a navigational system on board if I need it.

I could help you,_ I said. __ounseling, drugs, a religious advisor, a girlfriend.

He blew himself up.___et out! You mean like guts all over the place?___ot all over the place,_ I said. __e was pretty well contained, all things considered.

On the bright side, I'm sure this isn't the last time you'll ever get firebombed, so maybe you'll have better luck next time.

Everyone wants a Christmas tree. If you had a Christmas tree Santa would bring you stuff! Like hair curlers and slut shoes.

In my father__ scheme of things, there were Italians and then there was the rest of the world.

Tastykakes are just another of the many advantages of living in Jersey. They__e made in Philly and shipped to Trenton in all their fresh squishiness. I read once that 439,000 Butterscotch Krimpets are baked every day. And not a heck of a lot of them find their way to New Hampshire. All that snow and scenery and what good does it do you without Tastykakes?

Cooking wasn__ so bad, I thought. In fact, it was a lot like sex. Sometimes it didn__ seem like such a good idea in the beginning, but then after you got into it _

That__ how you tell what a man__ really made of. It__ one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin_ after a woman when she__ shopping for thongs and push-up bras is a whole other category of man. And then if you want to see how far you can go with it, you ask him to carry one of those little pink bags they give you.

I wasn__ sure anymore what made a good marriage. There had to be love, of course, but there were so many different kinds of love. And clearly, some love was more enduring than others.

I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. __illing is wrong._ __e kill chickens,_ Mr. Wexler said. __e kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers.__t was hard to argue with that kind of logic because I like cows and chickens and trees much better than drug dealers.

My Spanish is limited to burrito and taco,

Cripes, I can__ keep up on this political correct shit. I don__ even know what to call myself. One minute I__ black. Then I__ African American. Then I__ a person of color. Who the hell makes these rules up, anyhow?