My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage.

Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.