“What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd ha...” — Alane Ferguson Quote

“What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd have something for the lower-level readers. When you get up into the upper levels, there's nothing that will engage you or compel you or get your emotions churning like a murder. It's the ultimate stakes.”

“I'm really connected to people, and my relationships with people are paramount, so I write about relationships, particularly strong female ones. In my family, there were six girls born in five years. We were best friends. And my parents raised all of us as first-class citizens.”

“The post-war American newsroom resembled a vast factory churning out multiple editions through the night. Reporters spent days, sometimes weeks, on a single story.”

“To me, it is all about churning out good music. But, criticisms, which are personal, hurt of course.”

“I frankly couldn't imagine being a series mystery-fiction writer, churning out book after book about the same viewpoint character.”