I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.

That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now.

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

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