The Interior Of A Teenager’s Mind Is

I Can't Say That I Ever Actually Decided To Become A Writer. It Kind Of Snuck Up On Me.

Crime And Legal Stories, Broadly Speaking, Are Just Where My Interest Happens To Lie.

When I Was 30 Or So - By That Time I Had Become An Assistant D.a. - I Decided I Would Try To Write A Novel. To Be Clear: I Did Not Decide To Become A Novelist. Honestly, It Never Crossed My Mind That I Could Actually Earn A Living As A Professional Novelist.

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.

There Is No Absolute Beginning To Any Story, After All. There Is Only The Moment You Begin Watching.