I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built the medieval cathedral. It occurred to me at some point that the story of the building of a cathedral could be a great popular novel.

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

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

I enjoy learning technical details.

Proportion is the heart of beauty.

One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.