I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.
James EllroyRaymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it.
James EllroyThe wildest ride in modern crime novel exoticum. A novel so steeped in milieu that it feels as if you've blasted to mars in the grip of a demon who won't let you go. Read this book, savor the language-it's the last-and the most compelling word in thrillers.
James Ellroy