My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

I love writing different things.

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

To enjoy something fully, you had to own it.

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.

He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.

We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything.