As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years.

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.

Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.

I cleaned up. I quit drinking, I quit doing drugs, I quit stealing, I quit breaking into houses, I tried to quit being a bad human being. I developed a conscience later in life than many. I call it the lost-time-regained dynamic.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I wanted things. Whatever it cost and whatever it took, I would do it. And that's it.

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