A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—really looked at her straight in the eye. “Good,” Sara told her. “Now you know how it feels.

A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else.

When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.