She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.

Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.

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.

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.

I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.

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

Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years.