There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.
I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.
I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.