What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with me politically or you're not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages.

London is an endless skirmish between angles and emptiness.

...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.

The best way to write a novel is to do it behind your own back.