There is a certain fate to the universe and a certain randomness.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.

I'm a little bit of a control freak.

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.

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