I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.

Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.

Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.