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

I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

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

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.

Kids don’t do what their parents say-they do what they see their parents do. So who was to blame here?

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.