We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.

I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business.

When I am so intensely involved with writing my books I don't like to reread them.

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.