My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.

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

My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.

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

Give yourself time to get better.

Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first" Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance