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.

I'm afraid of the general things that everyone is afraid of: a bump in the night that could be a cat or Death dragging his sickle across the room; losing my health; becoming homeless, never meeting George Clooney.

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

I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to bring that to my work because I think people can read your excitement about a story.

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

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

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