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" I was always the observer, trying to understand what was going on. I was always the new kid. Writing became my safe place. "

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" I don't think of my characters as people I create, I think of them more as people I have met and whom I'm exploring on the page. I don't actually think of myself as having 'created' any of these people. "

" Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer. "

" 'In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction. "

" Maybe I have this fascination with the dark side because I live in the light. I don't have any dysfunction, and I've never experienced trauma. "

" I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer. "

" I'm a 'bound book' kind of girl. I have a Kindle, and I enjoy it for some things, like convenience or instant gratification, or all the little things that you can do with them. "

" I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages. "

" Everything is autobiographical, and nothing is autobiographical. That's fiction. "

" The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. That's the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger. "

" I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen. "

" I love the village in my computer. There's little validation in the day-to-day life of a writer; sometimes we ache for a connection. "

" Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another. "

" I live for the blank page. "

" There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically happy. I have a good life. "

" I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the dark, twisted love story at its center. "

" If I weren't a writer, I'd be a psychiatrist. "

" I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it. "

" There's a village in my computer - friends, fans, readers, and colleagues. It's a populous, sometimes chaotic little burg always bustling with news, gossip, opinions and potential excitement. "

" The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone. "