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I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.

There's conflict in every story.

I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I realized that my favorite part of fiction had always been the relationship aspect.