I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.

Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes.

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

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

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

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