I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!

Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say anything nice about you.