For a much lauded writer, I'm not terribly self-absorbed. In social situations, which are difficult for me - I mean, this is an interview - I'm normally uncomfortable talking about myself.

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.

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.

I got a woman I'm loyal to above all things, above my career. She's profound to me. I'm quiet. I live in Kansas City. I work.

I needed to address that I've had some profound moral shifts in my own life.

[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there's a lot of bad writing there. I don't think he knew much about people.