Its funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible, you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

Genius is a curse. That's how I look at it. Some think that the brilliant comprehend the universe in a way the rest of us can't. They see the world how it truly is—and that reality is so horrible the lose their minds. Clarity leads to insanity.

I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement.

I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.