I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.