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"I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories."

"If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers."

"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like."

"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree."
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"Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise."


"Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself."


"My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces."


"I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story."


"I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions."


"Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page."


"Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures."


"I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting."


"If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them."
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