I'm not so interested in the act of murder as in the echoes and repercussions of the act, and how they play out over time.

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.

I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.

I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence.

Well, I'm not interested in murder so much in the aspects of, you know, sleuthing and detection and that sort of thing. I'm much more interested in the echoes …

I don't hold it against the men who beat me because undoubtedly there are some ruffians of every nationality and the English are not exceptions.

The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know wh…