In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

How easy it is for a fantasy to grab hold of your foot like a rope, and dangle your life upside down while brigands go through your pockets. Deal with the life you've got. Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them.

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.