I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.

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.

I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

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