To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything..

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve..

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books..

Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets.

I refuse to sit on my laurels..

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable..

Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it?.

Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge.

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create..

I like to get to bed with a clear head..

I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays..

Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable..

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer..

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted..

I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person..

I don't do things that are illegal..

rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying..

Grief was like a seizure that shook me like a storm..

Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do..

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people..

Everyone is doing forensics..