I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.

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

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

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

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.

I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.