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

I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre.

If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.

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

There is no place so benighted and godforsaken that some moron won't go there on vacation. People could be living in an open sewer and swallowing dirt to stop the hunger, and there'd be a couple from Larchmont wearing comfortable shoes there to take pictures of them.

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.