If it's broken, it can be fixed.

- Jeff Abbott

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.

- Jeff Abbott

Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer today—all the shifts in the business, all the drama, all the debating about where p…

- Jeff Abbott

The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater …

- Jeff Abbott

It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that beca…

- Jeff Abbott

I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creati…

- Jeff Abbott

An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examin…

- Jeff Abbott

There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.

- Jeff Abbott

Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are …

- Jeff Abbott