I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.