I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

People spend thousands of dollars on stereos. Sometimes tens of thousands. There is a specialist industry right here in the States which builds stereo gear to a standard you wouldn't believe. Tubed amplifiers which cost more than a house. Speakers taller than me. Cables thicker than a garden hose. Some army guys had that stuff. I'd heard it on bases around the world. Wonderful. But they were wasting their money. Because the best stereo in the world is free. Inside your head. It sounds as good as you want it to. As loud as you want it to be.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.