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The Ugliest Truth, In The End, Was Still Better Than The Prettiest Of Lies.

There Are Three Things That Make A Person A Writer: Inspiration, Perspiration And Desperation.

I Wrote Seven Myron Bolitar Novels In A Row, And I Never Want To Write A Myron Book Where He Just Solves A Crime. Every One Of Them I Want To Be Personal, And I Want Him To Grow And Change. The Problem With That Is, It Makes The Series Limited, You Can't Write A Series Where A Guy Is Always Going Through Some Kind Of Crisis.

A Novel Is Like A Sausage. You Might Like The Final Taste But You Don't Want To See How It Was Made.

The Readers Are The Ones Who Let Us Live Our Dreams. I Try To Write Books Which Are Really Compelling - That You'd Take On Vacation And Rather Than Going Out, You'd Read In Your Hotel Room Because You Had To Find Out What Happened. Hopefully That's What Readers Are Responding To.