To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriendโฆ I suppose I ought to have realize itโs ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.
Robert HarrisFirst comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.
Robert HarrisA book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and itโs halfway to being just like every other bloody book thatโs ever been written.
Robert Harris