I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in spite of myself.

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

When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

I was never a wet-eyed, passionate writer; I was always a policeman.

What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

The time has come for professional jurors.