What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.

To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.

I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and once I felt like I had figured that out I tried to figure out what kind of book I could write that would be unlike anything anybody had ever seen. When I started writing A Million Little Pieces I felt like it was the right story with the style I had been looking for, and I just kept going.

I'm a writer. I never expected to be recognised on the street. I never expected to get that kind of coverage, good or bad. I never expected to sell as many books as I have.

But love is different for every person. For some it's hate, for some it's joy, for some it's fear, for some it's jealousy, for some it's torture, for some it's peace. For some it's everything.

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work.

I try to write books that are different from the books I've already written. I think one of the thing I really try to do is reinvent how a novel can be written.