"Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now."
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"Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth."
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"I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it."
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"Whomever speaks first gives up some power."
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"When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security prisons, shooting galleries, bone collections, etc."
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"It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women."
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"I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive."
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"You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted."
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"Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother."
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"Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?"
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"Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world."
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"God was in the details."
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"When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times."
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"Everyone should say what they wanted. It saved time."
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"What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to."
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"I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself."
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"I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions."
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"We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent."
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"It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?"
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"You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon."
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