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" For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. "

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

" For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road. "

" I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. "

" The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. "

" I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live. "

" I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy. "

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

" In principle if I could not have a home I wouldn't. But not having a home would be too difficult procedurally, going from hotel to hotel, the gap of three hours where you're hungry and tired. "

" I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. "

" I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it. "

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

" Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. "

" She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America. "

" I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. "

" I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence. "

" So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked. "

" It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense. "

" You mustn't fall in love with your own hero. "

" You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag. "

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

" We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? "

" I'd been a thriller reader all my life. "

" There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. "

" British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. "

" I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun. "

" We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it. "

" 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.' "

" I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. "

" The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive. "

" I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. "