You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.

I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it.

I don't know much about international policing and I would love to learn more. Especially in this day and age when the Internet is rapidly reducing borders and crime can happen on a larger scale than ever before. These things intrigue me.

Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.