I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.

I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.

Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're ­Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring.

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.