I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

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

If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population.

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are always different layers to the story, though, so if you want to think about social justice, or sexism or racism or homophobia, or really drill down into why the world is a better place when the police force looks like the people they are policing, then that's there, too.