The TV commercials, which are endless and fairly crass, gave birth to Brock, the bad-lawyer character in Razor Girl. In real life you can find even sleazier examples than him.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

Bangkok 8 is one of the most startling and provocative mysteries that I've read in years. The characters are marvelously unique, the setting is intoxicating and the plot unwinds in dark illusory strands, reminiscent of Gorky Park. Once I started, I didn't want to put it down.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.

Disney world is an armpit compared to Montana.