Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

Writing is show business for shy people.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?