I'm Glad I Was Never An Heiress.

[in 16th Century European Society] Marriage Was The Triumphal Arch Through Which Women, Almost Without Exception, Had To Pass In Order To Reach The Public Eye. And After Marriage Followed, In Theory, The Total Self-abnegation Of The Woman.

I Think Crime Writing Is My Link With Trying To Preserve A Sort Of Order.

Of Course There's No Such Thing As A Totally Objective Person, Except Almighty God, If She Exists.

I Can't Read Historical Fiction Because I Find The Real Thing So Much More Interesting.

I'm Very Interested In Good And Evil And The Moral Natures Of People.