My mother did what many men do. She left.

It’s only when we can work with something that brings out our strengths that we’re of any real use.

To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.

I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society.

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly.

One of the agonies of being an author is to know when to stop writing.