When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you have to drop little hints along the way. With the outline, I always know where the story is going. So before I ever write, I prepare an outline of 40 or 50 pages.

Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.

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

I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.