Everybody counts or nobody counts

I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

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

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.

I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.

I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work.

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.