I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.

I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.