She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.