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My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor.

From Greg Iles

I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues.

From Greg Iles

I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function.

From Greg Iles

'See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was.

From Greg Iles

Some things we must pass over in silence.

From Greg Iles

Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world.

From Greg Iles

Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers.

From Greg Iles