I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

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

I think a lot of guys who are on the internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.

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.

Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.

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

I'm not somebody who believes in evil.