It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

Writing a novel is an incredibly free experience. One puts one's self in a narrative mode. You can go off in any direction - the past, the future, or go laterally, or include one's own beliefs. It's total freedom.

Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.