Write Every Day Even If It Is

I Think The Only Boundaries Are Individual And Personal. A Writer Should Be Free To Write About Anything He Or She Wants To, Including The Twin Towers. I Have Made Small References To 9/11 In My Past Two Books.

I Think Books With Weak Or Translucent Plots Can Survive If The Character Being Drawn Along The Path Is Rich, Interesting And Multi-faceted. The Opposite Is Not True.

I'm Not 'mr. No-by-the-book.' I Just Want To Make Sure The Character Is By The Book.

The Best Crime Novels Are Not About How A Detective Works On A Case; They Are About How A Case Works On A Detective.

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.