Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."