In A Daydream Sort Of Way, I

I Think There'd Be Huge Losses If There Weren't Newspapers. I Know Everything's Shifting To The Internet And Some People Would Say, 'news Is News, What You're Talking About Is A Change Of Consumption, Not The Product That's Out There.' But I Think There Is A Change.

You Know What I Did After I Wrote My First Novel? I Shut Up And Wrote Twenty-three More.

I Wrote My First Real Murder Story As A Journalist For The Daytona Beach News Journal In 1980. It Was About A Body Found In The Woods. Later, The Murder Was Linked To A Serial Killer Who Was Later Caught And Executed For His Crimes.

In The Long Run, All Wrongs Are Righted, Every Minus Is Equalized With A Plus, The Columns Are Totaled And The Totals Are Found Correct. But That's In The Long Run. We Must Live In The Short Run And Matters Are Often Unjust There. The Compensating For Us Of The Universe Makes All The Accounts Come Out Even, But They Grind Down The Good As Well As The Wicked In The Process.

The Best Crime Novels Are Not About How A Detective Works On A Case; They Are About How A Case Works On A Detective.