Sometimes there's a reason for the hype.
I like fiction set in the South, and I'm a fan of literary westerns.
Can't get my head around sci-fi or fantasy. I'm not putting those genres down; it's just that I'm not built for them.
I collect and read as many books about music and film as I do fiction.
If I had my druthers, I wouldn't have anyone's words in my script but my own, but if you want complete autonomy, just stick to novels.
My dad used to call me 'the dreamer.' He was right.
Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.
There are a lot of bars and shoe stores in my early books.
I do miss the Chocolate City of my youth.
I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not look to politicians to do that.
A lot of guys are walking around with a lot simmering beneath the surface, and sometimes it explodes.
My books are not for everybody.
I was heavily into John D. MacDonald.
I never took a writing class.
I can't relax. I don't have any hobbies.
Kids need a father around to make them whole. They need their mom.
It's relatively easy to adopt kids if you're not trying to get kids that look exactly like you.
Is there a more violent book than the Bible?
Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel good, honest writing and a story well told.
I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me.
I've just been very interested in the living side of Washington, rather than the federal side, since I was a kid.
I've been working in adult prisons and juvenile prisons for some time.
I'm proudly a crime writer, but it would be really inaccurate to call me a mystery writer.
I'm more apt to shed a tear than my wife about family matters.
I'm always working on my next novel, even when I'm not.
I'm a very sentimental, emotional person.
I'm a strong believer in second chances.
I'm a fast driver.
