...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.