There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.

Predisposition is not predestination.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people. You can't understand why they do what they do. You just have to accept a little mystery, Ben. People are mysterious, the world is mysterious. You can't know everything. You're not supposed to. This isn't a history book. It's just the world. It's a messy place.

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.