There are laws for everything except the harm families do.

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.

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.

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

I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles. Of course I make up the story, especially since most criminals are not very smart and fictional crime must be clever. I have to make sure the story I am telling is interesting and realistic. In this book I went on line and found out the manners of codes. I thought it interesting to use them as a jumping off point.

I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.