To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.

I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it … Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don’t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.

Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'

I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.