Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.

I wouldn't want to donate my body for scientific study.

I hate the term "mystery". That's not what I write. I think the Scarpetta novels are much more character-driven than an average puzzle solver. Writing should be like a pane of glass - there's another world on the other side and your vision carries you there, but you're not aware of having passed through a barrier to get there.

I don't do things that are illegal.