It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.