Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

After I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.

There is no devious and dangerous life. I've lived a charmed life, especially in the last thirty years since I've started publishing. I've won the lottery. And I keep winning it every year and I am so fortunate to do something I thoroughly enjoy and still enjoy after a bunch of books.

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