Culture clash is terrific drama.

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.

you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig.

There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction.

What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

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.