Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

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

It really sucks getting older. Sometimes I'll be walking along and I'll just glance over my shoulder to make sure nothing has fallen off.

Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

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.