I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the bodies of the people they were bonded to, sitting in cemeteries for days or sometimes weeks. You find… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a novelist for so long, but I didn't have a story. That story came from the death of my father, and wrestling with how to help my mother. Writing it allowed me to work through… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again. — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it's simply a flash… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet. — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
“The best dog training was based on the reward system. You did not punish a dog for doing wrong, you rewarded the dog for… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart. — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I love, love writing about Los Angeles. I love exploring every part of it. And I find, rather than a burden, it's actually one… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect and some… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
