A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.
Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.
Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.
I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.
A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.