Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.

What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read.

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.

I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.