Nothing about my life or my career has been linear.

Bruises fade. Death is permanent.

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

Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.

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.

Life consists of two sides ... light and dark. Joy and sorrow. Without a balance, one cannot fully experience a full and well-rounded life.