I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those lives last, but what we do with them.

I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to.

The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments.

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.