I like literature that you respond to in some way. You laugh, you cry, you turn the light on - that's great, it's eliciting a response by proxy.

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

I speak as I must and cannot be silent.