I Think There's A General Misconception That

Well, Did He Do It?" She Always Asked The Irrelevant Question. It Didn't Matter In Terms Of The Strategy Of The Case Whether The Defendant "did It" Or Not. What Mattered Was The Evidence Against Him -- The Proof -- And If And How It Could Be Neutralized. My Job Was To Bury The Proof, To Color The Proof A Shade Of Gray. Gray Was The Color Of Reasonable Doubt.

We're All Seeking Order. We're All Seeking Control.

I'm A Pretty Harsh Critic When It Comes To My Own Stuff Or Things That Come From My Work.

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.

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.