The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.

Can't complain because nobody listens.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and stick this guy in. Well, he has to be as new as the plot every time.

I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change.