I learn things late-and only the hard way.

We do. Or re-create the ones we have, and project. My whole life is projection.

I've created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I've avoided the digital world.

I like to have fun out there. I work hard, and then I get to cut loose and go out and tour, and I enjoy it. I like to go out and meet the people. I love to sell books.

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.

If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.