When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea.

Everything you do leaves traces, doesn't it. The life you've lived is written all over you, for those who can read.

I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson.

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

The stock market to me was like a video game. When it went off, it was like turning the game off. It wasn't something I'd think about until I'd turn the machine on again.

Doubt is faith's shadow.

What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can we call it a disease and say that they are not responsible for their actions? Or are we all slaves to the chemical processes that go on in our brains?