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.
It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.
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.
I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.
All of us write wish fulfillment.