An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

Hunger is the best seasoning.

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.