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.

There is no client as scary as an innocent man.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

...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.

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

Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.

I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.