If you ask me, psychopaths are more talented than the rest of us.. But they're still fucking psychopaths.
Jonathan Kellerman
Maybe still waters did run deep. Or God on your side was the ultimate soul balm.
god
To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)
trust
talent truth psychopaths
Through the anger came something I recognized; the sadness that can result from too many years absorbing the poison of others. - Alex Delaware on Dr. Lehmann
anger sadness feelings
I'd long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors--there are studies that show it--are those blessed with an inordinate ability to deny. And keep on marching.
grief
It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.
first-sentence first-lines first
Revenge was a dish best eaten cold, but eight years between was arctic.
revenge
These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.
meeting people
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.
money
It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout.
thetimes time
That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out and play with my imaginary friends. In terms of Isaac, when the time's right.
rights trouble thetimes time
Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing.
The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.
mind character
The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella).
key character
Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.
challenge work
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