Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

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

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.

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.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.