I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and believe me it's a lot better. That's a big part of the James Bond panache, that you're responsible, 100 percent responsible, for the success or failure of your mission in life, whatever it is.

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

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

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.