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.

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

A very good editor is almost a collaborator.

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

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

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.