I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.

You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.

I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.

I've never been on safari because I've got a phobia of bugs. I just don't want things crawling on me when I'm sleeping. It's a shame given my passion for big cats. But I really enjoy photography, so I'd love to photograph leopards in the wild some day.

Your whole life is ahead of you. Don't you ever forget that.

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.