I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.

Everything you could want - action, suspense, character and setting, all floating on the easy lyricism of a fine writer at the top of his game.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.