In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.

There's always a price you pay when you lie. Once you introduce a lie into a relationship, even for the best of intentions, it is always there. Whenever you’re with that person again, that lie is in the room too. It sits on your shoulder. Good lie or bad lie, it's in the room with you forever now. It's your constant companion.

I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's utterly meaningless.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.