A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment.

I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.