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

What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror.

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

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

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

Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.