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• The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.
• A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.
• I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work,…
• Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to…
• I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot…
• I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then…
• I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I…
• I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.
• I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the…
• I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.
• I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks.
• I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a…

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