I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.

I'm a little bit of a control freak.

You want this so badly—this second chance, this chance at real redemption—that you can’t see the truth.

I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.

You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.

I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.