Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.

Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.

Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right - a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five. All those potential killers passing their plates.

Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.