I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures.

I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.

I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures.

Bruises fade. Death is permanent.

Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live.

Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy.

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.