Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.

She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

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

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

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