I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.

I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca.' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are.

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

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

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

My biggest critics have never read me.

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.