The Characters I Write About Are Very

To Write More From Memory And To Be More Creative - I Think - Because I Am Still Writing About Los Angeles But I Can't Walk Out My Door And Immediately Drive To Places I Am Writing About. So I Think It Has Been A Very Good Change For Me After 11 Books To Start Writing This Way.

The Best Crime Novels Are Not About How A Detective Works On A Case; They Are About How A Case Works On A Detective.

Now I'm Writing About Contemporary Los Angeles From Memory. My Process Was To Hang Out, Observe, Research What I Was Writing About, And Almost Immediately Go Back To My Office And Write Those Sections. So It Was A Very Close Transfer Between Observation And Writing.

Everybody Counts Or Nobody Counts

There Is No Client As Scary As An Innocent Man.