Civil servants take forever to do anything.

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

The serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend because the evidence is burned up.

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.

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

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