I Find It Difficult To

America Is The Most Violent Democracy In The World. It's Something That's Met With Great Shock, Horror, And Mystery When I Travel To Other Countries. They Ask, Why Are There So Many Shootings In America? Why Does Everyone Own A Gun?

In The First Person, The Readers Feel Smart, Like It's Them Solving The Case.

I Dropped Chemistry. I Practically Blew Up The Lab In College.

I Hate The Term "mystery". That's Not What I Write. I Think The Scarpetta Novels Are Much More Character-driven Than An Average Puzzle Solver. Writing Should Be Like A Pane Of Glass - There's Another World On The Other Side And Your Vision Carries You There, But You're Not Aware Of Having Passed Through A Barrier To Get There.

To Almost Die Is To Know That One Day You Will, And To Never Again Feel The Same About Anything.