The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to.

The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to.

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.

I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books.

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.