“That's my sense of how crime works: that it's not any kind of calculat...” — John Sandford Quote

“That's my sense of how crime works: that it's not any kind of calculated evil driven by the devil, but just control disintegrating.”

“Before the Internet became so powerful, I toured extensively. With the rise of the Internet, touring apparently has become less important.”

“I'm an outdoors kind of guy.”

“I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated.”

“My books should feel like you're getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As soon as I start thinking, 'This book is going to be published,' my drawing becomes calculated and deliberate. It's one of the ways I trick myself.”