I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live.

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.