The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the feedback that you need to produce a good book.

I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots.

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.

I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night.

Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think.

I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care.