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

Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.

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

An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

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.

There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.