I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?

Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.