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I Believe The Causes That Create Them [serial Killers] Are Theological In Nature, Rather Than Societal. I Believe They Make A Conscious Choice To Erase God's Thumbprint From Their Souls.

I Think All Good Narration Contains An Element Of Mystery And Suspense. If It Didn't, If The Storyline Were Predictable, We Would Have No Interest In Reading It.

I Think The "crime Novel" Has Replaced The Sociological Novel Of The 1930s. I Think The Progenitor Of That Tradition Is James M. Cain, Who In My View Is The Most Neglected Writer In American Literature.

Age Is A Peculiar Kind Of Thief. It Slips Up On You And Steps Inside Your Skin And Is So Quiet And Methodical In Its Work That You Never Realize It Has Stolen Your Youth Until You Look Into The Mirror One Morning And See A Man You Don't Recognize.

If You Put Somebody On A Crack Pipe And Give Them A 9 Mm Baretta, You Don't Have To Be A Rocket Scientist To Figure Out What's Going To Happen Next.