So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly.

What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is a dangerous place for writers. You don't want to ever get complacent. If a book starts going too well, I usually know there's a problem. I need to struggle. I need that self-doubt. I need to think it's not the best thing ever.

This was a place where tattoos outnumbered teeth.

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

We're called New Jersey but we're actually the suburbs of New York.

Painful memories didn't just ease back in-they shoved the door open hard, all of them and all at once

We all think that we are uniquely complex, that no one can see what we are thinking - yet we also believe that we have the rare ability to read others. This fascinates me at the moment.