People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.

I love people-watching at the clubs in Los Angeles, where girls make fools of themselves and guys pay thousands of dollars for a couple of bottles of vodka just so they can get a table. It's quite a scene.

All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.

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

There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know. That's number one.