And In The Meantime Don't Jump To

I Never Laugh Or Smile When I Am Writing. When I Come Home For Lunch After Writing All Morning, My Wife Says I Look Like I Just Came Home From A Funeral. This Is Not Bragging. This Is An Illness.

I've Never Before Had The Same Main Character Appear In Consecutive Novels, But I Liked Yancy And His Attitude, And I Was Curious To See What Would Happen To Him After Bad Monkey. And I Liked The Idea Of Him Still Trying To Get His Detective Job Back While He's Stuck On Roach Patrol.

From My Experience, Politicians Are Much More Uncomfortable Being Made Fun Of Than They Are Being Preached At And Screeched At - You Know, And The Soapbox Routine. They're Much More Uneasy Knowing They're A Target Of Ridicule.

All Novels Are About Crime. You'd Be Hard Pressed To Find Any Novel That Does Not Have An Element Of Crime. I Don't See Myself As A Crime Novelist, But There Are Crimes In My Books. That's The Nature Of Storytelling, If You Want To Reflect The Real World.

I Think It's Always Good For The Author To Stay A Good Cattle Prod's Distance From The Actual Moviemaking.