Panic---a Deep Abiding, Free-floating Anxiety,

I Sometimes Use Some Personality Traits To Fashion Part Of A Character. Most Of My Characters Are Composites Of Either People I Know Or People In The Public Eye.

Most Of My Books Are About Contemporary Subjects, And The World Changes So Fast That I'm Lucky When Events Haven't Overtaken The Book I'm Writing At The Moment.

I Think It's More Difficult Now To Write A Spy Thriller With The Collapse Of The Soviet Union. Many Authors Have Tried, But Few Have Succeeded In Capturing The Interest Of Readers.

...the Most Common Cause Of Death Among Alpha Males Was Ego.

I Enjoy The Presence Of A Woman In The House For Brief Periods Of Time. They Fall Into Two Categories: The Organizers And The Slobs. There’s Probably A Third Category—the Naggers, Who Try To Get You To Do Things, But I’ve Never Run Into One Of Those. Oddly, I Have No Preference Regarding Oganizers Or Slobs, As Long As They Don’t Try To Pick My Clothes For Me. Basically, All Women Are Nurturers And Healers, And All Men Are Mental Patients To Varying Degrees. It Works Fine If People Stick To Their Fated Roles. But Nobody Does.