It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

A right word counts the silence

No matter what you seek to achieve, perspective makes a difference. All. Perspective comes from reflecting.

Most people are enduring a marginalized isolation. One of the great obstacles to modern friendships is the 'religion of rush.' People are rushing all the time through time. Friendship takes time.

Being called a person, as such, indicates that one should only have one character and be true to it.

Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.

Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.

You can't spell 'developer' without 'devel.'

To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment....would result in the demolition of society.

One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.

I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks clear.