I Never Miss L.a. Because I'm There

How I Work Is That I Write A Story I'd Like To Read. Then You Fly To Paris Or Sydney And The Interviewers Talk About The Greater Significance Of Your Work.

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.

When I Was A Teenager, I Was A Voracious Reader Of Crime Fiction, But Only Contemporary Books.

As A Bassist He Could Never Really Be A Sideman. He Was Always The Anchor. He Drove The Beat. Even If It Was Behind Miles Davis'a Horn.

I'm A Disciple Of Raymond Chandler, Who Said In His Essays That There's A Quality Of Redemption In Anything That Can Be Called Art.