At heart, this is conventional stuff, but Crais uses the conventions to maximum effect. More
"In crime fiction, we push it to the edge. That's where we live. It's a canvas that allows me to see men and women in extremis. And that's where I want them to be."
— Robert Crais
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
