I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.

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Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I...

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't...

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't...

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where...

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where...

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...