There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

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

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

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.

I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

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