I have a very intense marriage.

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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.

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...

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 like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I...

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I...

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 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...

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception...

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception...

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.

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...

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...

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 am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and...

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and...

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

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...

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...

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.

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...

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10...

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10...