There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why aren't people reading 'Midnight's Children?' Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they're great.

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

In my heart Im just a lucky waitress.

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.