Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.

When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.