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

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

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

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

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

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

Civil servants take forever to do anything.