thriller

“Don’t try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.”

“Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.”

“I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We’re still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.”

“As a writer, you have to believe you’re one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day . . . filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.”

“As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero’s plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something – a belief, a family member, the truth.

“You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn’t want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.”

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”

“If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either”.

“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.