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"I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page."
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"The difference between a 'man' and a 'father' is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life."
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"The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course."
"I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form."
"Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats."
"I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks."
"After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with."
"We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying."
"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."
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