That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

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

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

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

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

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.

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.