Sometimes even when the book is over I dont know whos good and whos bad. Its really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.

I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.

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

A trial is two narratives competing for your attention.

The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter.

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

Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.