Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up on sleep. It's that kind of book.

We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.

I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that'. What you have to do is write what you enjoy reading.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.