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

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

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.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.