The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

Womens value has been under-recognized for far too long.

To the ancient Greeks the word, dikaiosini,justice was often synonymous with ekdikisis,vengeance.

Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.

In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

If. A two-letter word for futility.