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 of us have much adversity in our lives; it is those people who struggle to rise… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories. — 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
I admire people who re-create themselves. And it seems to me that what gives us all the opportunity to be heroic in our own… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is as sharp… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that night. I… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
