Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer.

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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance...

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance...

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I...

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I...

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their...

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their...

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want...

I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want...

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important...

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important...

When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden,...

When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden,...

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my...

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my...

I have a very intense marriage.

I have a very intense marriage.

I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.

I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.

As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as...

As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as...

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust...

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust...

Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken...

Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken...

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know...

I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know...

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as...

I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as...

I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish...

I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish...

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really...

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really...