While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.
I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
The trouble with psychology is that it doesn't take human nature into account.
We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love.
I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do.
there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.